diff --git a/depends/packages/fontconfig.mk b/depends/packages/fontconfig.mk
index 128599ba77..0d5f94f380 100644
--- a/depends/packages/fontconfig.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/fontconfig.mk
@@ -4,23 +4,23 @@ $(package)_download_path=https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
 $(package)_sha256_hash=b449a3e10c47e1d1c7a6ec6e2016cca73d3bd68fbbd4f0ae5cc6b573f7d6c7f3
 $(package)_dependencies=freetype expat
+$(package)_patches=remove_char_width_usage.patch gperf_header_regen.patch
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--disable-docs --disable-static --disable-libxml2 --disable-iconv
   $(package)_config_opts += --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-option-checking
 endef
 
+define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
+  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/remove_char_width_usage.patch && \
+  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/gperf_header_regen.patch
+endef
+
 define $(package)_config_cmds
   $($(package)_autoconf)
 endef
 
-# 2.12.1 uses CHAR_WIDTH which is reserved and clashes with some glibc versions, but newer versions of fontconfig
-# have broken makefiles which needlessly attempt to re-generate headers with gperf.
-# Instead, change all uses of CHAR_WIDTH, and disable the rule that forces header re-generation.
-# This can be removed once the upstream build is fixed.
 define $(package)_build_cmds
-  sed -i 's/CHAR_WIDTH/CHARWIDTH/g' fontconfig/fontconfig.h src/fcobjshash.gperf src/fcobjs.h src/fcobjshash.h && \
-  sed -i 's/fcobjshash.h: fcobjshash.gperf/fcobjshash.h:/' src/Makefile && \
   $(MAKE)
 endef
 
diff --git a/depends/patches/fontconfig/gperf_header_regen.patch b/depends/patches/fontconfig/gperf_header_regen.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7401b83d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/patches/fontconfig/gperf_header_regen.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+commit 7b6eb33ecd88768b28c67ce5d2d68a7eed5936b6
+Author: fanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>
+Date:   Tue Aug 25 14:34:53 2020 +0800
+
+    Remove rule that causes inadvertant header regeneration
+
+    Otherwise the makefile will needlessly attempt to re-generate the
+    headers with gperf. This can be dropped once the upstream build is fixed.
+
+    See #10851.
+
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
+index f4626ad..4ae1b00 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.in
++++ b/src/Makefile.in
+@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ fcobjshash.gperf: fcobjshash.gperf.h fcobjs.h
+ 	' - > $@.tmp && \
+ 	mv -f $@.tmp $@ || ( $(RM) $@.tmp && false )
+
+-fcobjshash.h: fcobjshash.gperf
++fcobjshash.h:
+ 	$(AM_V_GEN) $(GPERF) -m 100 $< > $@.tmp && \
+ 	mv -f $@.tmp $@ || ( $(RM) $@.tmp && false )
+
diff --git a/depends/patches/fontconfig/remove_char_width_usage.patch b/depends/patches/fontconfig/remove_char_width_usage.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f69081890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/patches/fontconfig/remove_char_width_usage.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+commit 28165a9b078583dc8e9e5c344510e37582284cef
+Author: fanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>
+Date:   Mon Aug 17 20:35:42 2020 +0800
+
+    Remove usage of CHAR_WIDTH
+
+    CHAR_WIDTH which is reserved and clashes with glibc 2.25+
+
+    See #10851.
+
+diff --git a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
+index 5c72b22..843c532 100644
+--- a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
++++ b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
+@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ typedef int		FcBool;
+ #define FC_USER_CACHE_FILE	    ".fonts.cache-" FC_CACHE_VERSION
+
+ /* Adjust outline rasterizer */
+-#define FC_CHAR_WIDTH	    "charwidth"	/* Int */
++#define FC_CHARWIDTH	    "charwidth"	/* Int */
+ #define FC_CHAR_HEIGHT	    "charheight"/* Int */
+ #define FC_MATRIX	    "matrix"    /* FcMatrix */
+
+diff --git a/src/fcobjs.h b/src/fcobjs.h
+index 1fc4f65..d27864b 100644
+--- a/src/fcobjs.h
++++ b/src/fcobjs.h
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ FC_OBJECT (DPI,			FcTypeDouble,	NULL)
+ FC_OBJECT (RGBA,		FcTypeInteger,	NULL)
+ FC_OBJECT (SCALE,		FcTypeDouble,	NULL)
+ FC_OBJECT (MINSPACE,		FcTypeBool,	NULL)
+-FC_OBJECT (CHAR_WIDTH,		FcTypeInteger,	NULL)
++FC_OBJECT (CHARWIDTH,		FcTypeInteger,	NULL)
+ FC_OBJECT (CHAR_HEIGHT,		FcTypeInteger,	NULL)
+ FC_OBJECT (MATRIX,		FcTypeMatrix,	NULL)
+ FC_OBJECT (CHARSET,		FcTypeCharSet,	FcCompareCharSet)
+diff --git a/src/fcobjshash.gperf b/src/fcobjshash.gperf
+index 80a0237..eb4ad84 100644
+--- a/src/fcobjshash.gperf
++++ b/src/fcobjshash.gperf
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int id;
+ "rgba",FC_RGBA_OBJECT
+ "scale",FC_SCALE_OBJECT
+ "minspace",FC_MINSPACE_OBJECT
+-"charwidth",FC_CHAR_WIDTH_OBJECT
++"charwidth",FC_CHARWIDTH_OBJECT
+ "charheight",FC_CHAR_HEIGHT_OBJECT
+ "matrix",FC_MATRIX_OBJECT
+ "charset",FC_CHARSET_OBJECT
+diff --git a/src/fcobjshash.h b/src/fcobjshash.h
+index 5a4d1ea..4e66bb0 100644
+--- a/src/fcobjshash.h
++++ b/src/fcobjshash.h
+@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ FcObjectTypeLookup (register const char *str, register unsigned int len)
+       {(int)(long)&((struct FcObjectTypeNamePool_t *)0)->FcObjectTypeNamePool_str43,FC_CHARSET_OBJECT},
+       {-1},
+ #line 47 "fcobjshash.gperf"
+-      {(int)(long)&((struct FcObjectTypeNamePool_t *)0)->FcObjectTypeNamePool_str45,FC_CHAR_WIDTH_OBJECT},
++      {(int)(long)&((struct FcObjectTypeNamePool_t *)0)->FcObjectTypeNamePool_str45,FC_CHARWIDTH_OBJECT},
+ #line 48 "fcobjshash.gperf"
+       {(int)(long)&((struct FcObjectTypeNamePool_t *)0)->FcObjectTypeNamePool_str46,FC_CHAR_HEIGHT_OBJECT},
+ #line 55 "fcobjshash.gperf"