diff --git a/package/cegui/cegui.mk b/package/cegui/cegui.mk
index d578c9913c..23a5859bc8 100644
--- a/package/cegui/cegui.mk
+++ b/package/cegui/cegui.mk
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ else
 CEGUI_CONF_OPTS += -DCEGUI_HAS_FREETYPE=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFRIBIDI),y)
+CEGUI_DEPENDENCIES += libfribidi
+CEGUI_CONF_OPTS += -DCEGUI_USE_FRIBIDI=ON
+else
+CEGUI_CONF_OPTS += -DCEGUI_USE_FRIBIDI=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
 CEGUI_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
 CEGUI_CONF_OPTS += -DCEGUI_BUILD_XMLPARSER_LIBXML2=ON