diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b81d93..004aa33 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ Based on http://openjdk.java.net/projects/mobile/android.html
 
 ### Run in this directory:
 ```
-export JDK_DEBUG_LEVEL=[release/fastdebug/debug]
+export BUILD_FREETYPE_VERSION=[2.6.2/.../2.10.0] # default: 2.10.0
+export JDK_DEBUG_LEVEL=[release/fastdebug/debug] # default: 2.10.0
 ./extractndk.sh
 ./getlibs.sh
 ./maketoolchain.sh
diff --git a/buildjdk.sh b/buildjdk.sh
index f8d8fee..8d51b07 100755
--- a/buildjdk.sh
+++ b/buildjdk.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 . setdevkitpath.sh
-export FREETYPE_DIR=`pwd`/freetype-2.6.2/build_android-${TARGET_SHORT}
+
+sudo apt -y install systemtap-sdt-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib libxtst-dev libasound2-dev libelf-dev libfontconfig1-dev libx11-dev
+
+export FREETYPE_DIR=`pwd`/freetype-$BUILD_FREETYPE_VERSION/build_android-${TARGET_SHORT}
 export CUPS_DIR=`pwd`/cups-2.2.4
 
 # simplest to force headless:)
diff --git a/buildlibs.sh b/buildlibs.sh
index 9f2a07f..89345cb 100755
--- a/buildlibs.sh
+++ b/buildlibs.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export PATH=$TOOLCHAIN/bin:$PATH
 
 echo "Building Freetype"
 
-cd freetype-2.6.2
+cd freetype-$BUILD_FREETYPE_VERSION
 ./configure \
 	--host=$TARGET \
 	--prefix=`pwd`/build_android-${TARGET_SHORT} \
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ if [ "$error_code" -ne 0 ]; then
   exit $error_code
 fi
 
-CFLAGS=-fno-rtti CXXFLAGS=-fno-rtti make -j4 | \
-sudo apt -y install systemtap-sdt-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib libxtst-dev libasound2-dev libelf-dev libfontconfig1-dev libx11-dev
-
+CFLAGS=-fno-rtti CXXFLAGS=-fno-rtti make -j4
 make install
 
diff --git a/getlibs.sh b/getlibs.sh
index bf431f8..286d6c7 100755
--- a/getlibs.sh
+++ b/getlibs.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/blob/master/disabled-packages/openjdk-9-jre-headless/build.sh
 set -e
-wget -O freetype-2.6.2.tar.bz2 https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.10.0.tar.bz2
-tar xf freetype-2.6.2.tar.bz2
-mv freetype-2.10.0 freetype-2.6.2
+wget https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-$BUILD_FREETYPE_VERSION.tar.bz2
+tar xf freetype-$BUILD_FREETYPE_VERSION.tar.bz2
 wget https://github.com/apple/cups/releases/download/v2.2.4/cups-2.2.4-source.tar.gz
 tar xf cups-2.2.4-source.tar.gz
diff --git a/makejdkwithoutconfigure.sh b/makejdkwithoutconfigure.sh
index 8b56457..1075390 100755
--- a/makejdkwithoutconfigure.sh
+++ b/makejdkwithoutconfigure.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 set -e
 . setdevkitpath.sh
-export FREETYPE_DIR=`pwd`/freetype-2.6.2/build_android-${TARGET_SHORT}
+export FREETYPE_DIR=`pwd`/freetype-${BUILD_FREETYPE_VERSION}/build_android-${TARGET_SHORT}
 export CUPS_DIR=`pwd`/cups-2.2.4
 
 cd openjdk
diff --git a/setdevkitpath.sh b/setdevkitpath.sh
index 95ebb01..9fabc5a 100644
--- a/setdevkitpath.sh
+++ b/setdevkitpath.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 # https://github.com/PojavLauncherTeam/openjdk-multiarch-jdk8u/blob/aarch64-shenandoah-jdk8u272-b10/jdk/src/share/native/sun/java2d/loops/GraphicsPrimitiveMgr.c
 export NDK_VERSION=r10e
 
+if [ -z "$BUILD_FREETYPE_VERSION" ]
+then
+  export BUILD_FREETYPE_VERSION="2.10.0"
+fi
+
 if [ -z "$JDK_DEBUG_LEVEL" ]
 then
   export JDK_DEBUG_LEVEL=release