--- a/tools/Blender.py
+++ b/tools/Blender.py
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ def setup_syslibs(lenv):
 		syslibs += Split(lenv['BF_OPENGL_LIB'])
 	if lenv['OURPLATFORM'] in ('win32-vc', 'win32-mingw','linuxcross'):
 		syslibs += Split(lenv['BF_PTHREADS_LIB'])
+	if lenv['WITH_BF_FTGL']:
+		syslibs += Split(lenv['BF_FTGL_LIB'])
 
 	syslibs += lenv['LLIBS']
 
--- a/extern/SConscript
+++ b/extern/SConscript
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ if env['WITH_BF_BULLET']:
     SConscript(['bullet2/src/SConscript'])
 
 if env['WITH_BF_INTERNATIONAL']:
-    SConscript(['bFTGL/SConscript'])
+    # Only if the internal copy is used.
+    if env['BF_FTGL'].startswith('#extern'):
+        SConscript(['bFTGL/SConscript'])
 
 if env['WITH_BF_VERSE']:
     SConscript(['verse/dist/SConstruct'])
--- a/source/blender/ftfont/intern/FTF_TTFont.h
+++ b/source/blender/ftfont/intern/FTF_TTFont.h
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
 #ifndef __FTF_TRUETYPE_FONT_H
 #define __FTF_TRUETYPE_FONT_H
 
-#include "FTGLPixmapFont.h"
-#include "FTGLTextureFont.h"
+#include <FTGL/ftgl.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 //#include <iconv.h>