diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5302ffd6c1..0f34a059a7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ find_package(PNG)
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
     find_package(Allegro)
+    find_package(Freetype)
     if (NOT APPLE)
         find_package(SDL2)
         if (NOT SDL2_FOUND)
             find_package(SDL)
         endif( NOT SDL2_FOUND)
         find_package(Fluidsynth)
-        find_package(Freetype)
         find_package(Fontconfig)
         find_package(ICU OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS i18n lx)
         find_package(XDG_basedir)