diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
index c8cc52bf7d6..b0760fd33c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0llraqw86jmw4vzv7inskp3xxm2gc64my08iwq5mzncgfdbfza4f";
   };
 
+  infinality_patch = with freetype.infinality; if useInfinality
+    then let subvers = "1";
+      in fetchurl {
+        url = "${base_URL}/fontconfig-infinality-1-${vers}_${subvers}.tar.bz2";
+        sha256 = "1fm5xx0mx2243jrq5rxk4v0ajw2nawpj23399h710bx6hd1rviq7";
+      }
+    else null;
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig freetype expat ];
 
@@ -29,6 +36,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Don't try to write to /etc/fonts or /var/cache/fontconfig at install time.
   installFlags = "CONFDIR=$(out)/etc/fonts RUN_FC_CACHE_TEST=false fc_cachedir=$(TMPDIR)/dummy";
 
+  postInstall = if !freetype.infinality.useInfinality then "" else ''
+    cd "$out/etc/fonts" && tar xvf ${infinality_patch}
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "A library for font customization and configuration";
     homepage = http://fontconfig.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
index 536042e9523..0b20dbc7174 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,48 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, gnumake
-, # FreeType supports sub-pixel rendering.  This is patented by
+  # FreeType supports sub-pixel rendering.  This is patented by
   # Microsoft, so it is disabled by default.  This option allows it to
   # be enabled.  See http://www.freetype.org/patents.html.
-  useEncumberedCode ? false
+, useEncumberedCode ? false
+, useInfinality ? true
 }:
 
+assert !(useEncumberedCode && useInfinality); # probably wouldn't make sense
+
+let
+  version = "2.4.11";
+  infinality = rec {
+    inherit useInfinality;
+    vers = "20130104";
+    subvers = "04";
+    sha256 = "0dqglig34lfcw0w6sm6vmich0pcvq303vyh8jzqapvxgvrpr2156";
+
+    base_URL = "http://www.infinality.net/fedora/linux/zips";
+    url = "${base_URL}/freetype-infinality-${version}-${vers}_${subvers}-x86_64.tar.bz2";
+  };
+
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "freetype-2.4.11";
+  name = "freetype-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/freetype/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "0gxyzxqpyf8g85y6g1zc1wqrh71prbbk8xfw4m8rwzb4ck5hp7gg";
   };
 
+  infinality_patch = if useInfinality
+    then fetchurl { inherit (infinality) url sha256; }
+    else null;
+
   configureFlags = "--disable-static";
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = stdenv.lib.optionalString useEncumberedCode
-    "-DFT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING=1";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = with stdenv.lib;
+    " -fno-strict-aliasing" # from Gentoo, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=506840
+    + optionalString useEncumberedCode " -DFT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING=1"
+    + optionalString useInfinality " -DTT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING=1"
+    ;
+
+  patches = [ ./enable-validation.patch ] # from Gentoo
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional useInfinality [ infinality_patch ];
 
   # The asm for armel is written with the 'asm' keyword.
   CFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isArm "-std=gnu99";
@@ -25,6 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.system == "i686-freebsd") gnumake;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  doCheck = true;
 
   postInstall =
     ''
@@ -38,9 +65,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     configureFlags = "--disable-static CC_BUILD=gcc";
   };
 
+  passthru = { inherit infinality; }; # for fontconfig
+
   meta = {
     description = "A font rendering engine";
     homepage = http://www.freetype.org/;
-    license = "GPLv2+"; # or the FreeType License (BSD + advertising clause)
+    license = if useEncumberedCode then "unfree"
+      else "GPLv2+"; # or the FreeType License (BSD + advertising clause)
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/enable-validation.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/enable-validation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44f3bf6e1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/enable-validation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Enables gxvalid and otvalid modules for use with ftvalid.
+
+--- freetype-2.2.1/modules.cfg.orig	2006-07-07 21:01:09.000000000 -0400
++++ freetype-2.2.1/modules.cfg	2006-07-07 21:01:54.000000000 -0400
+@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
+ AUX_MODULES += cache
+ 
+ # TrueType GX/AAT table validation.  Needs ftgxval.c below.
+-# AUX_MODULES += gxvalid
++AUX_MODULES += gxvalid
+ 
+ # Support for streams compressed with gzip (files with suffix .gz).
+ #
+@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
+ 
+ # OpenType table validation.  Needs ftotval.c below.
+ #
+-# AUX_MODULES += otvalid
++AUX_MODULES += otvalid
+ 
+ # Auxiliary PostScript driver component to share common code.
+ #