diff --git a/mingw-w64-freetype/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-freetype/PKGBUILD
index 3345a9f668..6a1b0e04e7 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-freetype/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-freetype/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 _realname=freetype
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
-pkgver=2.6.5
+pkgver=2.7
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="TrueType font rendering library (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
@@ -18,21 +18,20 @@ depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc-libs"
 makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc" "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pkg-config")
 options=('strip' '!libtool' 'staticlibs')
 source=(https://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freetype/freetype-${pkgver}.tar.bz2
-        freetype-2.2.1-enable-valid.patch
+        freetype-2.7-enable-valid.patch
         freetype-2.5.1-enable-spr.patch
-        freetype-2.5.1-enable-sph.patch
-        mingw-config.patch)
-sha256sums=('e20a6e1400798fd5e3d831dd821b61c35b1f9a6465d6b18a53a9df4cf441acf0'
-            '54c83a91b0b2ad7edad7df00a2c26a11ca18431a8e323db9471268a139c46f7e'
+        freetype-2.5.1-enable-sph.patch)
+sha256sums=('d6a451f5b754857d2aa3964fd4473f8bc5c64e879b24516d780fb26bec7f7d48'
+            '975d5a6eb1f6041fe5a497d7658f2e1ca2cfe5610dbd2e94ab375ad481b279d1'
             '3ee5690d4d7cb48b8862e203d09b530805066cdfda0f51716b8ae2a47eef8b2d'
-            '324012ad68388d22c63368314721d2360b48dd40daa808d0383699a281d931b0'
-            'fcfe98e57b6afd449f6d7464c92199998254b5a6becebc20f9eb06f1667138b2')
+            '324012ad68388d22c63368314721d2360b48dd40daa808d0383699a281d931b0')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/freetype-${pkgver}"
-  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/freetype-2.2.1-enable-valid.patch"
+  plain "freetype-2.7-enable-valid.patch"  
+  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/freetype-2.7-enable-valid.patch"
+  plain "freetype-2.5.1-enable-spr.patch"
   patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/freetype-2.5.1-enable-spr.patch"
-  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}/mingw-config.patch"
 
   # Disabled for now due to resistance
   # Kept here for easier rebuilds via ABS
diff --git a/mingw-w64-freetype/freetype-2.7-enable-valid.patch b/mingw-w64-freetype/freetype-2.7-enable-valid.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..649425d885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-freetype/freetype-2.7-enable-valid.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- freetype-2.7/modules.cfg.orig	2016-09-16 06:16:01.948572000 -0400
++++ freetype-2.7/modules.cfg	2016-09-16 06:22:20.417222400 -0400
+@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
+ # TrueType GX/AAT table validation.  Needs ftgxval.c below.
+ #
+ # No FT_CONFIG_OPTION_PIC support.
+-# AUX_MODULES += gxvalid
++AUX_MODULES += gxvalid
+ 
+ # Support for streams compressed with gzip (files with suffix .gz).
+ #
+@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
+ # OpenType table validation.  Needs ftotval.c below.
+ #
+ # No FT_CONFIG_OPTION_PIC support.
+-# AUX_MODULES += otvalid
++AUX_MODULES += otvalid
+ 
+ # Auxiliary PostScript driver component to share common code.
+ #