diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f26c160e0..f7121ab17 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 CHANGES IN FLTK 1.1.11
 
+	- Fixed linker issue (missing -lfontconfig) when configured with
+	  --enable-xft (STR #2570)
 	- Fixed fluid desktop file (STR #2328)
 	- Fixed OpenGL overlay drawing (STR #2437)
 	- Fixed Fl_Tabs selection border drawing, if tabs are at the bottom
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d854aa297..799c764a6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -873,6 +873,7 @@ case $uname in
 	        CPPFLAGS="`$FTCONFIG --cflags` $CPPFLAGS"
 	        CXXFLAGS="`$FTCONFIG --cflags` $CXXFLAGS"
 
+	        AC_CHECK_LIB(fontconfig, FcPatternCreate)
 		AC_CHECK_HEADER(X11/Xft/Xft.h,
 		    AC_CHECK_LIB(Xft, XftDrawCreate,
 	        	AC_DEFINE(USE_XFT)