diff --git a/recipes/freetype/meson/conandata.yml b/recipes/freetype/meson/conandata.yml
index fb8eea1ec1cb5e..e39b09cc08c4af 100644
--- a/recipes/freetype/meson/conandata.yml
+++ b/recipes/freetype/meson/conandata.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ sources:
       - "https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.13.2.tar.xz"
       - "https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.13.2/freetype-2.13.2.tar.xz"
     sha256: "12991c4e55c506dd7f9b765933e62fd2be2e06d421505d7950a132e4f1bb484d"
+patches:
+  "2.13.2":
+    - patch_file: "patches/2.13.2-0001-meson-Use-the-standard-dependency-mechanism-to-find-.patch"
+      patch_description: "meson: Use the standard dependency mechanism to find bzip2"
+      patch_source: "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/merge_requests/318"
+      patch_type: "portability"
diff --git a/recipes/freetype/meson/patches/2.13.0-0001-fix-fallthrough.patch b/recipes/freetype/meson/patches/2.13.0-0001-fix-fallthrough.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0386998dea7bb1..00000000000000
--- a/recipes/freetype/meson/patches/2.13.0-0001-fix-fallthrough.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- a/include/freetype/internal/compiler-macros.h
-+++ b/include/freetype/internal/compiler-macros.h
-@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
-       ( defined( __cplusplus ) && __cplusplus > 201402L )
- #    define FALL_THROUGH  [[__fallthrough__]]
- #  elif ( defined( __GNUC__ ) && __GNUC__ >= 7 )          || \
--        ( defined( __clang__ ) && __clang_major__ >= 10 )
--#    define FALL_THROUGH  __attribute__(( __fallthrough__ ))
-+        ( defined( __clang__ ) && __clang_major__ >= 12 )
-+#    define FALL_THROUGH  __attribute__((fallthrough))
- #  else
- #    define FALL_THROUGH  ( (void)0 )
- #  endif
diff --git a/recipes/freetype/meson/patches/2.13.2-0001-meson-Use-the-standard-dependency-mechanism-to-find-.patch b/recipes/freetype/meson/patches/2.13.2-0001-meson-Use-the-standard-dependency-mechanism-to-find-.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5c6531db6f68e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/freetype/meson/patches/2.13.2-0001-meson-Use-the-standard-dependency-mechanism-to-find-.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 1d5c5cb50feed67c4e89f30ff2a3408adc57081e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jordan Williams <jordan@jwillikers.com>
+Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 12:14:51 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] meson: Use the standard dependency mechanism to find bzip2
+
+This follows standard conventions in Meson by using the pkg-config file.
+This change allows Conan to switch to the Meson build system.
+---
+ meson.build | 3 +--
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index f81de3e2f..81117ddb4 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -316,8 +316,7 @@ else
+ endif
+ 
+ # BZip2 support
+-bzip2_dep = cc.find_library('bz2',
+-  required: get_option('bzip2'))
++bzip2_dep = dependency('bzip2', required: get_option('bzip2'))
+ 
+ if bzip2_dep.found()
+   ftoption_command += ['--enable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_BZIP2']
+-- 
+2.44.0
+