diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index b327692..2e5b6ec 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 PREFIX = /usr/local/
 
 # includes and libs
-INCS = -I/usr/X11R6/include
-LIBS = -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -lutil
+FREETYPELIBS = -lfontconfig -lXft
+FREETYPEINC = /usr/include/freetype2
+
+INCS = -I/usr/X11R6/include -I${FREETYPEINC}
+LIBS = -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -lutil ${FREETYPELIBS}
 
 # flags
 CPPFLAGS = -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700