diff --git a/pkgs/games/naev/default.nix b/pkgs/games/naev/default.nix
index 1f033d493059..3fd20e6221e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/naev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/naev/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, SDL, openal, SDL_mixer, libxml2, pkgconfig, libvorbis
-, libpng, mesa, makeWrapper, zlib }:
+, libpng, mesa, makeWrapper, zlib, freetype }:
 
 let
   pname = "naev";
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0gahi91lmpra0wvxsz49zwwb28q9w2v1s3y7r70252hq6v80kanb";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_mixer openal libxml2 libvorbis libpng mesa zlib ];
+  buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_mixer openal libxml2 libvorbis libpng mesa zlib freetype ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig makeWrapper ];