diff --git a/srcpkgs/fonttosfnt/template b/srcpkgs/fonttosfnt/template
index 242ffab47d4..45d850b85fe 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fonttosfnt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fonttosfnt/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.0.5
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config xorg-util-macros"
-makedepends="libfontenc-devel"
+makedepends="libfontenc-devel freetype-devel"
 short_desc="Wraps a set of bdf or pcf bitmap fonts in a sfnt OpenType wrapper"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="MIT"