diff --git a/srcpkgs/tumbler/template b/srcpkgs/tumbler/template
index 317c3114265..04a8e478e79 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tumbler/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tumbler/template
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ homepage="https://xfce.org"
 distfiles="http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=f08c88d9dd3b8781aa218146c11ab4aec307e8eb9232aaf18d90a4bae29adacf
 
+CFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/freetype2"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	mkdir m4
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 xdt-autogen