diff --git a/srcpkgs/freetype/template b/srcpkgs/freetype/template
index 07ef6d77ba..e3f28ad0e8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freetype/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freetype/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 patch_args="-Np1"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config which"
-makedepends="zlib-devel libpng-devel"
+makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel libpng-devel"
 short_desc="Font rendering engine and library API"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.freetype.org/"
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ checksum=57bce5b37989577aa8b4a588426839f6bf39bcc3869748cb18f6827df251f4e5
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# XXX needs libpng-config
 	hostmakedepends+=" libpng-devel"
+	pre_build() {
+		sed -e 's,-L/usr/lib,,g' -i builds/unix/unix-cc.mk
+	}
 fi
 
 freetype-devel_package() {