diff --git a/kcontrol/tdefontinst/tdefontinst/CMakeLists.txt b/kcontrol/tdefontinst/tdefontinst/CMakeLists.txt
index b1f541f05..20bc97c23 100644
--- a/kcontrol/tdefontinst/tdefontinst/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kcontrol/tdefontinst/tdefontinst/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ tde_add_executable( tdefontinst
   SOURCES
     Main.cpp FontEngine.cpp Fontmap.cpp GetPid.c
     XConfig.cpp
-  LINK kxftconfig-static tdefontinst-shared tdeio-shared
+  LINK kxftconfig-static tdefontinst-shared tdeio-shared ${FREETYPE_LIBRARIES}
   DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}
 )