diff --git a/package/supertuxkart/Config.in b/package/supertuxkart/Config.in
index 4919b50a2b..51759160eb 100644
--- a/package/supertuxkart/Config.in
+++ b/package/supertuxkart/Config.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SUPERTUXKART
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGL
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLU
diff --git a/package/supertuxkart/supertuxkart.mk b/package/supertuxkart/supertuxkart.mk
index 7636687780..dc4b23227d 100644
--- a/package/supertuxkart/supertuxkart.mk
+++ b/package/supertuxkart/supertuxkart.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SUPERTUXKART_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 SUPERTUXKART_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 SUPERTUXKART_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	freetype \
 	jpeg \
 	libcurl \
 	libgl \