diff --git a/src/gui/configure.json b/src/gui/configure.json
index 97883d97ad..70d0817791 100644
--- a/src/gui/configure.json
+++ b/src/gui/configure.json
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@
             "sources": [
                 { "type": "pkgConfig", "args": "freetype2" },
                 { "type": "freetype", "libs": "-lfreetype", "condition": "!config.wasm" },
-                { "libs": "-s USE_FREETYPE=1", "condition": "config.wasm" }
+                { "libs": "-s USE_FREETYPE=1", "condition": "config.wasm" },
+                { "libs": "-lfreetype" }
             ],
             "use": [
                 { "lib": "zlib", "condition": "features.system-zlib" }