diff --git a/cde/programs/dtfile/Imakefile b/cde/programs/dtfile/Imakefile
index 9eda8cffd..19a5063b4 100644
--- a/cde/programs/dtfile/Imakefile
+++ b/cde/programs/dtfile/Imakefile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ XCOMM On Linux once you link against a C++ library the whole program
 XCOMM has to be linked with the C++ linker
 #if defined(LinuxDistribution)
 CCLINK = $(CXX)
+EXTRA_DEFINES = -I/usr/include/freetype2
 #endif
 
 SRCS =  ChangeDir.c     ChangeDirP.c    Command.c       Common.c \