diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index 633e885..410883c 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   'catapult_revision': '86352b966b0245d6883e5f7df27687856978b6d7',
   'clang_revision': 'ae881aab392c247eca831e079d1d45e1c200cce7',
   'cygwin_revision': 'c89e446b273697fadf3a10ff1007a97c0b7de6df',
-  'freetype_revision': '5a3490e054bda8a318ebde482c7fb30213cab3d9',
+  'freetype_revision': 'a12a34451a99cbbcad55d466940fd445171927fd',
   'gen_library_loader_revision': '916d4acd8b2cde67a390737dfba90b3c37de23a1',
   'gmock_revision': '29763965ab52f24565299976b936d1265cb6a271',
   'gtest_revision': '8245545b6dc9c4703e6496d1efd19e975ad2b038',
diff --git a/third_party/freetype/README.pdfium b/third_party/freetype/README.pdfium
index 2054aab..b451ed9 100644
--- a/third_party/freetype/README.pdfium
+++ b/third_party/freetype/README.pdfium
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name: FreeType
 URL: http://www.freetype.org/
-Version: VER-2-7-1-updates
-Revision: 66725768cdf758cfb3f9abf03cbf5e5a77f42088
+Version: VER-2-8
+Revision: a12a34451a99cbbcad55d466940fd445171927fd
 Security Critical: yes
 License: FreeType License (FTL)
 License File: FTL.TXT
diff --git a/third_party/freetype/include/freetype-custom-config/ftoption.h b/third_party/freetype/include/freetype-custom-config/ftoption.h
index 802beb5..b986473 100644
--- a/third_party/freetype/include/freetype-custom-config/ftoption.h
+++ b/third_party/freetype/include/freetype-custom-config/ftoption.h
@@ -877,7 +877,9 @@
 
   /*************************************************************************/
   /*                                                                       */
-  /* Compile autofit module with Indic script support.                     */
+  /* Compile autofit module with fallback Indic script support, covering   */
+  /* some scripts that the `latin' submodule of the autofit module doesn't */
+  /* (yet) handle.                                                         */
   /*                                                                       */
 #define AF_CONFIG_OPTION_INDIC
 
@@ -896,6 +898,26 @@
   /*                                                                       */
 #define AF_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_WARPER
 
+  /*************************************************************************/
+  /*                                                                       */
+  /* Use TrueType-like size metrics for `light' auto-hinting.              */
+  /*                                                                       */
+  /* It is strongly recommended to avoid this option, which exists only to */
+  /* help some legacy applications retain its appearance and behaviour     */
+  /* with respect to auto-hinted TrueType fonts.                           */
+  /*                                                                       */
+  /* The very reason this option exists at all are GNU/Linux distributions */
+  /* like Fedora that did not un-patch the following change (which was     */
+  /* present in FreeType between versions 2.4.6 and 2.7.1, inclusive).     */
+  /*                                                                       */
+  /*   2011-07-16  Steven Chu  <steven.f.chu@gmail.com>                    */
+  /*                                                                       */
+  /*     [truetype] Fix metrics on size request for scalable fonts.        */
+  /*                                                                       */
+  /* This problematic commit is now reverted (more or less).               */
+  /*                                                                       */
+/* #define AF_CONFIG_OPTION_TT_SIZE_METRICS */
+
   /* */