diff --git a/magicpoint/configure.in b/magicpoint/configure.in
index d9fec44..778937d 100644
--- a/magicpoint/configure.in
+++ b/magicpoint/configure.in
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(poll strstr _setbufend)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(usleep strsep strdup mkstemp snprintf memcmp strlcpy strlcat)
 
 dnl Checks for libraries.
-LIBS="-lm $LIBS"
+LIBS="-lm $LIBS -lfontconfig"
 
 dnl AS_15_01_2005
 dnl Addes Path Variable for Libs/Includes searching