--- a/SDL2_Pango.pc.in
+++ b/SDL2_Pango.pc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 Name: SDL2_Pango
 Description: SDL2 library for internationalized text rendering
 Version: @VERSION@
-Requires: pango
+Requires: pango, freetype2
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lSDL2_Pango
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
