diff --git a/utils/fontconfig/Makefile b/utils/fontconfig/Makefile
index 69409d9914..e1eb0073e0 100644
--- a/utils/fontconfig/Makefile
+++ b/utils/fontconfig/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=fontconfig
 PKG_VERSION:=2.16.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/
diff --git a/utils/fontconfig/patches/001-cutout-strip-preprocessor-artifacts.patch b/utils/fontconfig/patches/001-cutout-strip-preprocessor-artifacts.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ceaa694d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/fontconfig/patches/001-cutout-strip-preprocessor-artifacts.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/cutout.py
++++ b/src/cutout.py
+@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ if __name__== '__main__':
+ 
+             if write and l:
+                 stripped = re.sub(r'^\s+', '', l)
++                if stripped.startswith('#'):
++                    continue
+                 stripped = re.sub(r'\s*,\s*', ',', stripped)
+                 if not stripped.isspace() and stripped:
+                     out.write('%s\n' % stripped)