diff --git a/code/CMakeModules/FindFreeType.cmake b/code/CMakeModules/FindFreeType.cmake
index 4f3c84cbe..e15f55793 100644
--- a/code/CMakeModules/FindFreeType.cmake
+++ b/code/CMakeModules/FindFreeType.cmake
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 # - Locate FreeType library
 # This module defines
-#  FREETYPE_LIBRARY, the library to link against
+#  FREETYPE_LIBRARIES, libraries to link against
 #  FREETYPE_FOUND, if false, do not try to link to FREETYPE
 #  FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS, where to find headers.
 
-IF(FREETYPE_LIBRARY AND FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+IF(FREETYPE_LIBRARIES AND FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
   # in cache already
-  SET(FREETYPE_FIND_QUIETLY TRUE)
-ENDIF(FREETYPE_LIBRARY AND FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-
+  SET(Freetype_FIND_QUIETLY TRUE)
+ENDIF(FREETYPE_LIBRARIES AND FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
 
 FIND_PATH(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS
   freetype
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ IF(FREETYPE_ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIR)
   SET(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS ${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${FREETYPE_ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 ENDIF(FREETYPE_ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIR)
 
-FIND_LIBRARY(FREETYPE_LIBRARY
+FIND_LIBRARY(FREETYPE_LIBRARY_RELEASE
   NAMES freetype libfreetype freetype219 freetype246
   PATHS
   $ENV{FREETYPE_DIR}/lib
@@ -55,20 +54,50 @@ FIND_LIBRARY(FREETYPE_LIBRARY
   /usr/freeware/lib64
 )
 
-IF(FREETYPE_LIBRARY AND FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-  SET(FREETYPE_FOUND "YES")
+FIND_LIBRARY(FREETYPE_LIBRARY_DEBUG
+  NAMES freetyped libfreetyped freetype219d freetype246d
+  PATHS
+  $ENV{FREETYPE_DIR}/lib
+  /usr/local/lib
+  /usr/lib
+  /usr/local/X11R6/lib
+  /usr/X11R6/lib
+  /sw/lib
+  /opt/local/lib
+  /opt/csw/lib
+  /opt/lib
+  /usr/freeware/lib64
+)
+
+IF(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+  IF(FREETYPE_LIBRARY_RELEASE AND FREETYPE_LIBRARY_DEBUG)
+    # Case where both Release and Debug versions are provided
+    SET(FREETYPE_FOUND ON)
+    SET(FREETYPE_LIBRARIES optimized ${FREETYPE_LIBRARY_RELEASE} debug ${FREETYPE_LIBRARY_DEBUG})
+  ELSEIF(FREETYPE_LIBRARY_RELEASE)
+    # Normal case
+    SET(FREETYPE_FOUND ON)
+    SET(FREETYPE_LIBRARIES ${FREETYPE_LIBRARY_RELEASE})
+  ELSEIF(FREETYPE_LIBRARY_DEBUG)
+    # Case where Freetype is compiled from sources (debug version is compiled by default)
+    SET(FREETYPE_FOUND ON)
+    SET(FREETYPE_LIBRARIES ${FREETYPE_LIBRARY_DEBUG})
+  ENDIF(FREETYPE_LIBRARY_RELEASE AND FREETYPE_LIBRARY_DEBUG)
+ENDIF(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+
+IF(FREETYPE_FOUND)
   IF(WITH_STATIC_EXTERNAL AND APPLE)
     FIND_PACKAGE(BZip2)
     IF(BZIP2_FOUND)
       SET(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS ${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${BZIP2_INCLUDE_DIR})
-      SET(FREETYPE_LIBRARY ${FREETYPE_LIBRARY} ${BZIP2_LIBRARIES})
+      SET(FREETYPE_LIBRARIES ${FREETYPE_LIBRARIES} ${BZIP2_LIBRARIES})
     ENDIF(BZIP2_FOUND)
   ENDIF(WITH_STATIC_EXTERNAL AND APPLE)
-  IF(NOT FREETYPE_FIND_QUIETLY)
-    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found FreeType: ${FREETYPE_LIBRARY}")
-  ENDIF(NOT FREETYPE_FIND_QUIETLY)
+  IF(NOT Freetype_FIND_QUIETLY)
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found FreeType: ${FREETYPE_LIBRARIES}")
+  ENDIF(NOT Freetype_FIND_QUIETLY)
 ELSE(FREETYPE_LIBRARY AND FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-  IF(NOT FREETYPE_FIND_QUIETLY)
+  IF(NOT Freetype_FIND_QUIETLY)
     MESSAGE(STATUS "Warning: Unable to find FreeType!")
-  ENDIF(NOT FREETYPE_FIND_QUIETLY)
-ENDIF(FREETYPE_LIBRARY AND FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+  ENDIF(NOT Freetype_FIND_QUIETLY)
+ENDIF(FREETYPE_FOUND)