diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/builder.sh
index 5878730e402..b1df6d868b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/builder.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ac_add_options --disable-debug
 ac_add_options --enable-optimize=-O2
 ac_add_options --disable-ldap
 ac_add_options --enable-xft
+ac_add_options --disable-freetype2
 ac_add_options --enable-swg
 ac_add_options --enable-strip
 ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2