diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ find_package(PNG)
 
 if(NOT WIN32)
     find_package(Allegro)
+    find_package(Freetype)
     if(NOT APPLE)
         find_package(SDL2)
         if(NOT SDL2_FOUND)
             find_package(SDL)
         endif()
         find_package(Fluidsynth)
-        find_package(Freetype)
         find_package(Fontconfig)
         find_package(ICU OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS i18n lx)
         find_package(XDG_basedir)