diff --git a/x11-fonts/fontconfig/Makefile b/x11-fonts/fontconfig/Makefile
index 178524431376..7433dee7a78d 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/fontconfig/Makefile
+++ b/x11-fonts/fontconfig/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libexpat.so:textproc/expat2
 
 USES=		cpe gperf meson pkgconfig python:3.6+,build shebangfix tar:xz
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	-Dfc-cache=disabled
 CPE_VENDOR=	fontconfig_project
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
diff --git a/x11-fonts/fontconfig/files/patch-fc-cache_meson.build b/x11-fonts/fontconfig/files/patch-fc-cache_meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c486b256720d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-fonts/fontconfig/files/patch-fc-cache_meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Add option to avoid running fc-cache on install (make stage).
+This can be committed upstream.
+
+--- meson_options.txt.orig	2020-12-03 11:45:00 UTC
++++ meson_options.txt
+@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ option('tests', type : 'feature', value 
+   description: 'Enable unit tests')
+ option('tools', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', yield : true,
+   description: 'Build command-line tools (fc-list, fc-query, etc.)')
++option('fc-cache', type: 'feature', value : 'enabled',
++  description : 'Run fc-cache on install')
+--- fc-cache/meson.build.orig	2021-01-28 11:53:32 UTC
++++ fc-cache/meson.build
+@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ fccache = executable('fc-cache', ['fc-ca
+ tools_man_pages += ['fc-cache']
+ 
+ # Do not try to execute target's fc-cache on host when cross compiling
+-if not meson.is_cross_build()
++if get_option('fc-cache').enabled() and not meson.is_cross_build()
+   meson.add_install_script(fccache, '-s', '-f', '-v')
+ endif
diff --git a/x11-fonts/fontconfig/files/pkg-install.in b/x11-fonts/fontconfig/files/pkg-install.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dc92cbbbe33..000000000000
--- a/x11-fonts/fontconfig/files/pkg-install.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:%%PREFIX%%/bin
-export PATH
-
-if [ "$2" = "POST-INSTALL" ]; then
-    echo "Running fc-cache to build fontconfig cache..."
-    fc-cache -f -s -v
-    exit 0
-fi
diff --git a/x11-fonts/fontconfig/pkg-plist b/x11-fonts/fontconfig/pkg-plist
index 27e6889f2c20..fe941c9038bd 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/fontconfig/pkg-plist
+++ b/x11-fonts/fontconfig/pkg-plist
@@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ share/gettext/its/fontconfig.loc
 %%NLS%%share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fontconfig-conf.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fontconfig.mo
 @dir /var/db/fontconfig
+@postexec %D/bin/fc-cache -f -s -v