diff --git a/extras/scripts/winmake.py b/extras/scripts/winmake.py
index aa0e7f8f673e7571457e97536385610f3de5e756..6edef793902b7b74a3b531a51c33cb87f7defb7c 100644
--- a/extras/scripts/winmake.py
+++ b/extras/scripts/winmake.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def build_contrib(args, paths):
         "onnx",
         "opencv",
         "opencv_contrib",
+        "freetype",
     ]
     versioner.extra_output_dirs = ["msvc"]