diff --git a/packages/fcl-pdf/fpmake.pp b/packages/fcl-pdf/fpmake.pp
index 765590875d..5d55c9b5f6 100644
--- a/packages/fcl-pdf/fpmake.pp
+++ b/packages/fcl-pdf/fpmake.pp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ begin
     P.Dependencies.Add('paszlib');
     P.Dependencies.add('winunits-base',AllWindowsOSes-[wince]);
     P.Version:='3.2.3';
+    P.Dependencies.add('libfontconfig',[linux] + AllBSDOses);
     T:=P.Targets.AddUnit('src/fpttfencodings.pp');
     T:=P.Targets.AddUnit('src/fpparsettf.pp');
       T.ResourceStrings:=true;
diff --git a/packages/fcl-pdf/src/fpttf.pp b/packages/fcl-pdf/src/fpttf.pp
index 5857694465..a1c62a4532 100644
--- a/packages/fcl-pdf/src/fpttf.pp
+++ b/packages/fcl-pdf/src/fpttf.pp
@@ -560,17 +560,18 @@ end;
 
 procedure TFPFontCacheList.ReadStandardFonts;
 
-  {$ifdef linux}
-    {$define HasFontsConf}
-    const
-      cFontsConf = '/etc/fonts/fonts.conf';
-  {$endif}
-
   {$ifdef freebsd}
     {$define HasFontsConf}
     const
       cFontsConf = '/usr/local/etc/fonts/fonts.conf';
   {$endif}
+  { Use same default for Linux and other BSD non-Darwin systems. }
+  {$if (defined(linux) or (defined(bsd) and not(defined(darwin)) and not defined(HasFontsConf)))}
+    {$define HasFontsConf}
+    const
+      cFontsConf = '/etc/fonts/fonts.conf';
+  {$ifend}
+
 
 <<<<<<< HEAD
   {$ifdef mswindows}
@@ -600,11 +601,26 @@ procedure TFPFontCacheList.ReadStandardFonts;
 var
   doc: TXMLDocument;
   lChild: TDOMNode;
+  FN : PFcChar8;
   lDir: string;
+  config: PfcConfig;
+const
+  is_fc_loaded:integer=0;
 {$endif}
 begin
-  {$ifdef HasFontsConf} // Linux & FreeBSD
-  ReadXMLFile(doc, cFontsConf);
+  {$ifdef HasFontsConf} // Linux & BSD
+  if (is_fc_loaded=0) then
+    is_fc_loaded:=loadfontconfiglib('');
+
+  config := FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts();
+
+  if assigned(FcConfigGetFilename) then
+    FN:=FcConfigGetFilename(config,Nil)
+  else if assigned(FcConfigFilename) then
+    FN:=FcConfigFilename(Nil)
+  else
+    FN:=cFontsConf;
+  ReadXMLFile(doc, FN);
   try
     lChild := doc.DocumentElement.FirstChild;
     while Assigned(lChild) do
diff --git a/packages/libfontconfig/fpmake.pp b/packages/libfontconfig/fpmake.pp
index 3e7ffe87fa..674f721caa 100644
--- a/packages/libfontconfig/fpmake.pp
+++ b/packages/libfontconfig/fpmake.pp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ begin
     P.Version:='3.2.3';
     P.SourcePath.Add('src');
     P.IncludePath.Add('src');
-    P.OSes := [linux,freebsd, darwin]; // Darwin was tested!
+    P.OSes := [linux] + AllBSDOses; // Darwin was tested!
     T:=P.Targets.AddUnit('libfontconfig.pp');
     P.ExamplePath.Add('examples');
     P.Targets.AddExampleProgram('testfc.pp');