diff --git a/recipes/freetype/recipe.sh b/recipes/freetype/recipe.sh
index 33660c48d332a4b4d9095e4fe0ea65e4c3972e0e..74c5617547f6d4a927d200554e7059059a54c1fa 100644
--- a/recipes/freetype/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/freetype/recipe.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 VERSION=2.9
 TAR=https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-$VERSION.tar.gz
+BUILD_DEPENDS=(zlib)
 
 function recipe_version {
     echo "$VERSION"