diff --git a/package/minetest/minetest.mk b/package/minetest/minetest.mk
index 316bd9bc83..528f1400b3 100644
--- a/package/minetest/minetest.mk
+++ b/package/minetest/minetest.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ MINETEST_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DDEFAULT_RUN_IN_PLACE=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_SOUND=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_GLES=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_FREETYPE=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_LUAJIT=ON \
 	-DENABLE_CURSES=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_POSTGRESQL=OFF \
@@ -39,6 +38,13 @@ else
 MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_SERVER=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE),y)
+MINETEST_DEPENDENCIES += freetype
+MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_FREETYPE=ON
+else
+MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_FREETYPE=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL),y)
 MINETEST_DEPENDENCIES += libcurl
 MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_CURL=ON