diff --git a/srcpkgs/freetype/patches/default-interpreter.patch b/srcpkgs/freetype/patches/default-interpreter.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66668375ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/freetype/patches/default-interpreter.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- src/truetype/ttobjs.c.orig
++++ src/truetype/ttobjs.c
+@@ -1294,6 +1294,9 @@
+ #ifdef TT_SUPPORT_SUBPIXEL_HINTING_MINIMAL
+     driver->interpreter_version = TT_INTERPRETER_VERSION_40;
+ #endif
++#ifdef DEFAULT_TT_INTERPRETER_VERSION
++    driver->interpreter_version = DEFAULT_TT_INTERPRETER_VERSION;
++#endif
+ 
+ #else /* !TT_USE_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER */
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/freetype/template b/srcpkgs/freetype/template
index c4f7c2d54e..d62412e0f4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freetype/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freetype/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file 'freetype'.
 pkgname=freetype
 version=2.7
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel libpng-devel"
@@ -12,6 +12,26 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=d6a451f5b754857d2aa3964fd4473f8bc5c64e879b24516d780fb26bec7f7d48
 
+build_options="v35 v38 v40"
+build_options_default="v40"
+desc_option_v35="Use default interpreter version 35 (Classic mode)"
+desc_option_v38="Use default interpreter version 38 (Infinality mode)"
+desc_option_v40="Use default interpreter version 40 (Minimal mode)"
+vopt_conflict v35 v38
+vopt_conflict v35 v40
+vopt_conflict v38 v40
+
+pre_configure() {
+	CFLAGS+=" -DDEFAULT_TT_INTERPRETER_VERSION=TT_INTERPRETER_VERSION_"
+	if [ "$build_option_v35" ]; then
+		CFLAGS+="35"
+	elif [ "$build_option_v38" ]; then
+		CFLAGS+="38"
+	elif [ "$build_option_v40" ]; then
+		CFLAGS+="40"
+	fi
+}
+
 freetype-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"