diff -Naur openjdk.orig/jdk/make/tools/freetypecheck/freetypecheck.c openjdk/jdk/make/tools/freetypecheck/freetypecheck.c
--- openjdk.orig/jdk/make/tools/freetypecheck/freetypecheck.c	2021-02-06 12:58:18.017099332 +0100
+++ openjdk/jdk/make/tools/freetypecheck/freetypecheck.c	2021-02-06 12:59:16.289100347 +0100
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 /* Test program for freetype sanity check.
    Prints "Failed" messages to STDOUT if check fails. */
 
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <string.h>
 #include "ft2build.h"
 #include FT_FREETYPE_H
 
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@
        QUOTEMACRO(REQUIRED_FREETYPE_VERSION));
 
    printf("Detected freetype headers: %s\n", v);
-   if (strcmp(v, QUOTEMACRO(REQUIRED_FREETYPE_VERSION)) < 0) {
+   if (strverscmp(v, QUOTEMACRO(REQUIRED_FREETYPE_VERSION)) < 0) {
        printf("Failed: headers are too old.\n");
    }
 
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@
    sprintf(v, "%d.%d.%d", major, minor, patch);
 
    printf("Detected freetype library: %s\n", v);
-   if (strcmp(v, QUOTEMACRO(REQUIRED_FREETYPE_VERSION)) < 0) {
+   if (strverscmp(v, QUOTEMACRO(REQUIRED_FREETYPE_VERSION)) < 0) {
       printf("Failed: too old library.\n");
    }