diff --git a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/build b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/build
index d42d5ac0..86c7a481 100755
--- a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/build
+++ b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/build
@@ -14,27 +14,35 @@ build_freetype() (
 )
 
 build_harfbuzz() (
+    # Point Harfbuzz to the Freetype files.
+    export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$1/usr/include/freetype2"
+    export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -I$1/usr/include/freetype2"
+    export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$1/usr/lib"
+
     cd harfbuzz
 
-    ./configure \
+    export DESTDIR="$1"
+    meson \
         --prefix=/usr \
-        --with-glib=yes \
-        --with-icu=no
+        -Dpkg_config_path="$1/usr/lib/pkgconfig" \
+        -Ddefault_library=both \
+        -Dglib=enabled \
+        -Dfreetype=enabled \
+        -Dcairo=disabled \
+        -Dicu=disabled \
+        -Dbenchmark=disabled \
+        -Dtests=disabled \
+        . output
 
-    make
-    make DESTDIR="$1" install
+    ninja -C output
+    ninja -C output install
 )
 
 build_freetype "$1" no
-
-# Point Harfbuzz to the Freetype files.
-export FREETYPE_CFLAGS="-I$PWD/freetype/include"
-export FREETYPE_LIBS="-L$1/usr/lib -lfreetype"
-
 build_harfbuzz "$1"
 
 # Point Freetype to the Harfbuzz files.
 export HARFBUZZ_CFLAGS="-I$PWD/harfbuzz/src"
-export HARFBUZZ_LIBS="-L$PWD/harfbuzz/src/.libs -lharfbuzz"
+export HARFBUZZ_LIBS="-L$PWD/harfbuzz/output/src -lharfbuzz"
 
 build_freetype "$1" yes
diff --git a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/checksums b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/checksums
index daffeea8..73dc183f 100644
--- a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/checksums
+++ b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/checksums
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 1543d61025d2e6312e0a1c563652555f17378a204a61e99928c9fcef030a2d8b  freetype-2.10.2.tar.xz
-6648a571a27f186e47094121f0095e1b809e918b3037c630c7f38ffad86e3035  harfbuzz-2.6.8.tar.xz
+4dba05de1fd44705f54c40d801e0e3d4833555d004cb611cc18675173feae75b  2.7.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/sources b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/sources
index 3be3f34e..60a3685d 100644
--- a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/sources
+++ b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 https://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.10.2.tar.xz freetype
-https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/releases/download/2.6.8/harfbuzz-2.6.8.tar.xz harfbuzz
+https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/archive/2.7.0.tar.gz harfbuzz
diff --git a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/version b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/version
index 72ae36a8..472da395 100644
--- a/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/version
+++ b/extra/freetype-harfbuzz/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.10.2+2.6.8 1
+2.10.2+2.7.0 1