diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ea8df335b..6e11e337c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-09-21  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	* scripts/extract_freetype_version.py: Fix regex typos.
+
 2020-09-21  David Turner  <david@freetype.org>
 
 	Add Meson build project file.
diff --git a/scripts/extract_freetype_version.py b/scripts/extract_freetype_version.py
index e9ebb724c..50e5a5485 100644
--- a/scripts/extract_freetype_version.py
+++ b/scripts/extract_freetype_version.py
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import sys
 #  #define FREETYPE_PATCH  2
 #  ...
 
-RE_MAJOR = re.compile(r"^ #define \s+ FREETYPE_MAJOR \s+ (.*) $", re.X)
-RE_MINOR = re.compile(r"^ #define \s+ FREETYPE_MINOR \s+ (.*) $", re.X)
-RE_PATCH = re.compile(r"^ #define \s+ FREETYPE_PATCH \s+ (.*) $", re.X)
+RE_MAJOR = re.compile(r"^ \#define \s+ FREETYPE_MAJOR \s+ (.*) $", re.X)
+RE_MINOR = re.compile(r"^ \#define \s+ FREETYPE_MINOR \s+ (.*) $", re.X)
+RE_PATCH = re.compile(r"^ \#define \s+ FREETYPE_PATCH \s+ (.*) $", re.X)
 
 
 def parse_freetype_header(header):