diff --git a/src/gui/configure.json b/src/gui/configure.json
index c51e3ceee..7f7e206b6 100644
--- a/src/gui/configure.json	
+++ b/src/gui/configure.json
@@ -239,9 +239,9 @@
             "headers": "ft2build.h",
             "sources": [
                 { "type": "pkgConfig", "args": "freetype2" },
-                { "type": "freetype", "libs": "-lfreetype", "condition": "!config.wasm" },
+                { "type": "freetype", "libs": "-lbreakfreetypeautofind", "condition": "!config.wasm" },
                 { "libs": "-s USE_FREETYPE=1", "condition": "config.wasm" },
-                { "libs": "-lfreetype" }
+                { "libs": "-lbreakfreetypeautofind" }
             ],
             "use": [
                 { "lib": "zlib", "condition": "features.system-zlib" }
@@ -262,7 +262,10 @@
             "headers": "fontconfig/fontconfig.h",
             "sources": [
-                { "type": "pkgConfig", "args": "fontconfig" },
+                { "type": "pkgConfig", "args": "breakfontconfig" },
-                { "type": "freetype", "libs": "-lfontconfig" }
+                { "type": "freetype", "libs": "-lbreakautofind" },
+                { "libs": "-lfontconfig -lexpat" },
+                { "libs": "-llibfontconfig -llibexpat" },
+                "-lfontconfig"
             ],
             "use": "freetype"
         },