diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 64413a596bd..4401819dd10 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10699,6 +10699,110 @@ _ACEOF
 
 fi
 
+        ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $FREETYPELIBS"
+
+for ac_func in FT_Load_Sfnt_Table
+do
+as_ac_var=`echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_func... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if eval "test \"\${$as_ac_var+set}\" = set"; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+/* Define $ac_func to an innocuous variant, in case <limits.h> declares $ac_func.
+   For example, HP-UX 11i <limits.h> declares gettimeofday.  */
+#define $ac_func innocuous_$ac_func
+
+/* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
+    which can conflict with char $ac_func (); below.
+    Prefer <limits.h> to <assert.h> if __STDC__ is defined, since
+    <limits.h> exists even on freestanding compilers.  */
+
+#ifdef __STDC__
+# include <limits.h>
+#else
+# include <assert.h>
+#endif
+
+#undef $ac_func
+
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char $ac_func ();
+/* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
+    to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
+    something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
+#if defined (__stub_$ac_func) || defined (__stub___$ac_func)
+choke me
+#else
+char (*f) () = $ac_func;
+#endif
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+return f != $ac_func;
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; } &&
+	 { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  eval "$as_ac_var=yes"
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+eval "$as_ac_var=no"
+fi
+rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: `eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'`" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}`eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'`" >&6
+if test `eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'` = yes; then
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+done
+
+        CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
 	CPPFLAGS="$ac_save_CPPFLAGS"
 		if test "$ac_cv_header_freetype_freetype_h" = "yes" -a "$wine_cv_fttrigon" = "yes"
 	then
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d1cc526589e..2c92dc9795d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -657,6 +657,10 @@ else
                     wine_cv_fttrigon=yes],
                     wine_cv_fttrigon=no)
         AC_CHECK_TYPES(FT_TrueTypeEngineType,,,[#include <freetype/ftmodapi.h>])
+        ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $FREETYPELIBS"
+        AC_CHECK_FUNCS(FT_Load_Sfnt_Table)
+        CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
 	CPPFLAGS="$ac_save_CPPFLAGS"
 	dnl Check that we have at least freetype/freetype.h
 	if test "$ac_cv_header_freetype_freetype_h" = "yes" -a "$wine_cv_fttrigon" = "yes"
diff --git a/include/config.h.in b/include/config.h.in
index 91a754f2490..7c43ee4fe92 100644
--- a/include/config.h.in
+++ b/include/config.h.in
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `ftruncate' function. */
 #undef HAVE_FTRUNCATE
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `FT_Load_Sfnt_Table' function. */
+#undef HAVE_FT_LOAD_SFNT_TABLE
+
 /* Define to 1 if the system has the type `FT_TrueTypeEngineType'. */
 #undef HAVE_FT_TRUETYPEENGINETYPE
 
diff --git a/tools/sfnt2fnt.c b/tools/sfnt2fnt.c
index 51a0e418abb..8f963323a35 100644
--- a/tools/sfnt2fnt.c
+++ b/tools/sfnt2fnt.c
@@ -202,10 +202,13 @@ static void fill_fontinfo(FT_Face face, int enc, FILE *fp, int dpi, unsigned cha
     const union cptable *cptable;
     FT_SfntName sfntname;
     TT_OS2 *os2;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_FT_LOAD_SFNT_TABLE
     FT_ULong needed;
     eblcHeader_t *eblc;
     bitmapSizeTable_t *size_table;
     int num_sizes;
+#endif
 
     cptable = wine_cp_get_table(enc);
     if(!cptable)
@@ -220,6 +223,7 @@ static void fill_fontinfo(FT_Face face, int enc, FILE *fp, int dpi, unsigned cha
 
     ppem = face->size->metrics.y_ppem;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_FT_LOAD_SFNT_TABLE
     needed = 0;
     if(FT_Load_Sfnt_Table(face, TTAG_EBLC, 0, NULL, &needed))
         error("Can't find EBLC table\n");
@@ -241,6 +245,9 @@ static void fill_fontinfo(FT_Face face, int enc, FILE *fp, int dpi, unsigned cha
         size_table++;
     }
 
+    free(eblc);
+#endif
+
     /* Versions of fontforge prior to early 2006 have incorrect
        ascender values in the eblc table, so we won't find the 
        correct bitmapSizeTable.  In this case use the height of
@@ -253,8 +260,6 @@ static void fill_fontinfo(FT_Face face, int enc, FILE *fp, int dpi, unsigned cha
         descent = ppem - ascent;
     }
 
-    free(eblc);
-
     start = sizeof(FNT_HEADER) + sizeof(FONTINFO16);
 
     if(FT_Load_Char(face, 'M', FT_LOAD_DEFAULT))