diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
index 5ab3bf2e235..1d0b0b28eb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fontconfig/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, freetype, expat }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, freetype, expat }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "fontconfig-2.9.0";
-  
+  name = "fontconfig-2.10.1";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://fontconfig.org/release/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "06ml04gyfacasxmrqdjfkckbj5f18d988j3wmz6vsi7h3h3jazna";
+    sha256 = "08h252crb3aqciwdk81jypmz2i7618dzqn3zlr87w1f017wjp4f3";
   };
-  
-  buildInputs = [ freetype ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig freetype ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ expat ]; # !!! shouldn't be necessary, but otherwise pango breaks
 
   configureFlags = "--with-confdir=/etc/fonts --with-cache-dir=/var/cache/fontconfig --disable-docs --with-default-fonts=";
@@ -32,5 +33,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "A library for font customization and configuration";
     homepage = http://fontconfig.org/;
     license = "bsd";
-  };  
+  };
 }