diff -u freetype-2.8.1/debian/rules freetype-2.8.1/debian/rules
--- freetype-2.8.1/debian/rules
+++ freetype-2.8.1/debian/rules
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
 
 VERSION = $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n -e's/^Version: //p')
 ver := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n -e's/^Version: \(.*\)-[^-]\+/\1/p')
+dep_ver := $(shell echo "$(ver)" | sed 's|\([0-9]\.[0-9]\).*|\1|')
 
 freetype_ver := $(ver)
 ftdocs_ver   := $(ver)
 ft2demos_ver := $(ver)
-dependency = $(libpkg) (>= 2.6)
+dependency = $(libpkg) (>= $(dep_ver))
 
 freetype_u := freetype-$(freetype_ver)
 ftdocs_u   := freetype-doc-$(ftdocs_ver)