diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 9c3aba83833..46327117ac0 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ if selected_platform in platform_list:
     if env["minizip"]:
         env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["MINIZIP_ENABLED"])
 
-    editor_module_list = ["regex"]
+    editor_module_list = ["freetype", "regex"]
     for x in editor_module_list:
         if not env["module_" + x + "_enabled"]:
             if env["tools"]: