diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b4d9be64..9d8d0f26 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ ifneq ($(BUILD_CLIENT),0)
     OPENAL_LIBS=$(shell pkg-config --silence-errors --libs openal)
     SDL_CFLAGS=$(shell pkg-config --silence-errors --cflags sdl|sed 's/-Dmain=SDL_main//')
     SDL_LIBS=$(shell pkg-config --silence-errors --libs sdl)
-    FREETYPE_CFLAGS=$(shell pkg-config --silence-errors --cflags freetype2)
   endif
   # Use sdl-config if all else fails
   ifeq ($(SDL_CFLAGS),)
@@ -385,10 +384,6 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring "$(PLATFORM)", "linux" "gnu_kfreebsd" "kfreebsd-gnu"))
     CLIENT_LIBS += -lrt
   endif
 
-  ifeq ($(USE_FREETYPE),1)
-    BASE_CFLAGS += $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS)
-  endif
-
   ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
     # linux32 make ...
     BASE_CFLAGS += -m32
@@ -466,10 +461,6 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),darwin)
     endif
   endif
 
-  ifeq ($(USE_FREETYPE),1)
-    BASE_CFLAGS += $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS)
-  endif
-
   BASE_CFLAGS += -D_THREAD_SAFE=1
 
   ifeq ($(USE_LOCAL_HEADERS),1)
@@ -584,7 +575,7 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM),mingw32)
   RENDERER_LIBS = -lgdi32 -lole32 -lopengl32
 
   ifeq ($(USE_FREETYPE),1)
-    BASE_CFLAGS += -Ifreetype2
+    FREETYPE_CFLAGS = -Ifreetype2
   endif
 
   ifeq ($(USE_CURL),1)
@@ -913,10 +904,6 @@ endif
 
 TARGETS =
 
-ifeq ($(USE_FREETYPE),1)
-  BASE_CFLAGS += -DBUILD_FREETYPE
-endif
-
 ifndef FULLBINEXT
   FULLBINEXT=.$(ARCH)$(BINEXT)
 endif
@@ -1048,7 +1035,11 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(USE_FREETYPE),1)
-  RENDERER_LIBS += -lfreetype
+  FREETYPE_CFLAGS ?= $(shell pkg-config --silence-errors --cflags freetype2 || true)
+  FREETYPE_LIBS ?= $(shell pkg-config --silence-errors --libs freetype2 || echo -lfreetype)
+
+  BASE_CFLAGS += -DBUILD_FREETYPE $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS)
+  RENDERER_LIBS += $(FREETYPE_LIBS)
 endif
 
 ifeq ("$(CC)", $(findstring "$(CC)", "clang" "clang++"))