diff --git a/config.lib b/config.lib
--- a/config.lib
+++ b/config.lib
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ make_cflags_and_ldflags() {
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS `$freetype_config --cflags | tr '\n\r' '  '`"
 
 		if [ "$enable_static" != "0" ]; then
-			LIBS="$LIBS `$freetype_config --libs --static | tr '\n\r' '  '`"
+			LIBS="$LIBS `$freetype_config --libs --static | tr '\n\r' '  '` -lfreetype"
 		else
 			LIBS="$LIBS `$freetype_config --libs | tr '\n\r' '  '`"
 		fi