diff --git a/cmake/FindFriBiDi.cmake b/cmake/FindFriBiDi.cmake
index 86a07dff8c4..64acca2b097 100644
--- a/cmake/FindFriBiDi.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindFriBiDi.cmake
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 # also defined, but not for general use are
 #  FRIBIDI_LIBRARY, where to find the FriBiDi library.
 
+include(CheckFunctionExists)
+
 SET(FRIBIDI_FOUND "NO")
 
 FIND_PATH(FRIBIDI_INCLUDE_DIR fribidi/fribidi.h
@@ -23,11 +25,22 @@ FIND_LIBRARY(FRIBIDI_LIBRARY
   )
 
 IF (FRIBIDI_LIBRARY AND FRIBIDI_INCLUDE_DIR)
-  SET(FRIBIDI_LIBRARIES ${FRIBIDI_LIBRARY})
-  SET(FRIBIDI_FOUND "YES")
+  SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${FRIBIDI_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${FRIBIDI_LIBRARY})
+  CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(fribidi_utf8_to_unicode FOUND_fribidi_utf8_to_unicode)
+  message("exists: ${FOUND_fribidi_utf8_to_unicode}" )
+  if(FOUND_fribidi_utf8_to_unicode)
+    SET(FRIBIDI_LIBRARIES ${FRIBIDI_LIBRARY})
+    SET(FRIBIDI_FOUND "YES")
+  else()
+    SET(FRIBIDI_LIBRARIES "NOTFOUND")
+    SET(FRIBIDI_INCLUDE_DIR "NOTFOUND")
+    SET(FRIBIDI_FOUND "NO")
+  endif()
 ENDIF (FRIBIDI_LIBRARY AND _FRIBIDI_INCLUDE_DIR)
 
 IF (FRIBIDI_FOUND)
+
   IF (NOT FRIBIDI_FIND_QUIETLY)
     MESSAGE(STATUS "Found FriBiDi: ${FRIBIDI_LIBRARY}")
   ENDIF (NOT FRIBIDI_FIND_QUIETLY)