diff --git a/contrib/src/ffmpeg/rules.mak b/contrib/src/ffmpeg/rules.mak
index 62fc102f30f96d891d9c6402d5c46198111d7b60..768952179e5e765a84fe635140189aca0a613c87 100644
--- a/contrib/src/ffmpeg/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/ffmpeg/rules.mak
@@ -188,8 +188,10 @@ FFMPEGCONF += \
 #plugins
 
 ifdef WITH_FREETYPE
+ifndef HAVE_LINUX
 DEPS_ffmpeg += freetype
 endif
+endif
 
 ifdef __DEBUG__
 DEPS_ffmpeg += rav1e