diff --git a/recipes/freetype/recipe.sh b/recipes/freetype/recipe.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+VERSION_freetype=${VERSION_freetype:-2.5.5}
+DEPS_freetype=(harfbuzz)
+URL_freetype=http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.5.5.tar.gz
+MD5_freetype=7448edfbd40c7aa5088684b0a3edb2b8
+BUILD_freetype=$BUILD_PATH/freetype/$(get_directory $URL_freetype)
+RECIPE_freetype=$RECIPES_PATH/freetype
+
+# function called for preparing source code if needed
+# (you can apply patch etc here.)
+function prebuild_freetype() {
+    true
+}
+
+function build_freetype() {
+    cd $BUILD_freetype
+    push_arm
+    export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$BUILD_harfbuzz/src/.libs/"
+    try ./configure --host=arm-linux-androideabi --prefix=$BUILD_freetype --without-zlib --with-png=no --enable-shared
+    try make -j5
+    pop_arm
+
+    try cp $BUILD_freetype/objs/.libs/libfreetype.so $LIBS_PATH
+}
+
+# function called after all the compile have been done
+function postbuild_freetype() {
+    true
+}
+
diff --git a/recipes/harfbuzz/recipe.sh b/recipes/harfbuzz/recipe.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+VERSION_harfbuzz=${VERSION_harfbuzz:-2.5.5}
+URL_harfbuzz=http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-0.9.40.tar.bz2
+MD5_harfbuzz=0e27e531f4c4acff601ebff0957755c2
+BUILD_harfbuzz=$BUILD_PATH/harfbuzz/$(get_directory $URL_harfbuzz)
+RECIPE_harfbuzz=$RECIPES_PATH/harfbuzz
+
+# function called for preparing source code if needed
+# (you can apply patch etc here.)
+function prebuild_harfbuzz() {
+    true
+}
+
+function shouldbuild_harfbuzz() {
+    if [ -f "$BUILD_harfbuzz/src/.libs/libharfbuzz.so" ]; then
+        DO_BUILD=0
+    fi
+}
+
+function build_harfbuzz() {
+    cd $BUILD_harfbuzz
+
+    push_arm
+	#~ export LDFLAGS="-L$LIBS_PATH"
+	#~ export LDSHARED="$LIBLINK"
+    #try ./configure --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --host=arm-linux-androideabi --prefix="$BUILD_PATH/python-install" --enable-shared --without-freetype --without-glib
+    #~ try ./autogen.sh  --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --host=arm-linux-androideabi --prefix="$BUILD_PATH/python-install" --without-freetype --without-glib
+    try ./configure --without-icu --host=arm-linux-androideabi --prefix="$BUILD_PATH/python-install" --without-freetype --without-glib
+    try make -j5
+    pop_arm
+    try cp -L $BUILD_harfbuzz/src/.libs/libharfbuzz.so $LIBS_PATH
+}
+
+# function called after all the compile have been done
+function postbuild_harfbuzz() {
+    true
+}
+