diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/Makefile b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/Makefile
index 08202dff9cc..eeaa4c57463 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/Makefile
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/Makefile
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ CPPFLAGS += -I../../bpython/include
 CPPFLAGS += -I../../avi
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(NAN_GUARDEDALLOC)/include
 
+CPPFLAGS += -I$(NAN_FREETYPE)/include/freetype2
+
 # we still refer to /include a bit...
 CPPFLAGS += -I../../include
 
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/Makefile b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/Makefile
index ccca2fccf11..626f30d9201 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/Makefile
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/Makefile
@@ -48,4 +48,6 @@ CPPFLAGS += -I../../makesdna
 CPPFLAGS += -I..
 # path to the guarded memory allocator
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(NAN_GUARDEDALLOC)/include
-
+# path to freetype font stuff
+CPPFLAGS += -I$(NAN_FREETYPE)/include/freetype2
+CPPFLAGS += -I../../include/
diff --git a/source/nan_link.mk b/source/nan_link.mk
index 1006bf6d9dd..d23de1de998 100644
--- a/source/nan_link.mk
+++ b/source/nan_link.mk
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ ifdef NAN_DEBUG
     LDFLAGS += $(NAN_DEBUG)
 endif
 
+ifdef WITH_FREETYPE2
+   LDFLAGS += -L$(NAN_FREETYPE)/lib -lfreetype
+endif
+
+
 DBG_LDFLAGS	+= -g
 
 ifneq (x$(DEBUG_DIR), x)