diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/freetype/freetype_2.10.1.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/freetype/freetype_2.10.1.bb
index b179a0ed47..d1c093054b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/freetype/freetype_2.10.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/freetype/freetype_2.10.1.bb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ AUTOTOOLS_SCRIPT_PATH = "${S}/builds/unix"
 CONFIGURE_SCRIPT = "${S}/configure"
 EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "--exclude=autoheader --exclude=automake"
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "zlib"
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "zlib pixmap"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[bzip2] = "--with-bzip2,--without-bzip2,bzip2"
 # harfbuzz results in a circular dependency so enabling is non-trivial