diff --git a/x/installing/x7lib.xml b/x/installing/x7lib.xml
index b0b2d9db74..9e06a05d4b 100644
--- a/x/installing/x7lib.xml
+++ b/x/installing/x7lib.xml
@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ do
       ./configure $XORG_CONFIG --disable-devel-docs
     ;;
     libXft-[0-9]* )
-      patch -Np1 -i libXft-&libXft-version;-freetype_fix-1.patch
+      patch -Np1 -i ../../libXft-&libXft-version;-freetype_fix-1.patch
+      ./configure $XORG_CONFIG
     ;;
     libXt-[0-9]* )
       ./configure $XORG_CONFIG \