diff --git a/srcpkgs/vlc/template b/srcpkgs/vlc/template
index 977ab4d4d2..3e58b01f4f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vlc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vlc/template
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ pre_configure()
 	sed -i "s|hostname -s|hostname|g" ${wrksrc}/configure || return 1
 	# Use wc(1) from coreutils
 	export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH"
+	sed -i "s|/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont|/usr/share/fonts/TTF|" \
+		${wrksrc}/modules/misc/freetype.c
 }
 
 post_install()