diff --git a/plugins/php/versions/55/install.sh b/plugins/php/versions/55/install.sh
index 83fb8a026..68d975603 100755
--- a/plugins/php/versions/55/install.sh
+++ b/plugins/php/versions/55/install.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ if [ $sysName == 'Darwin' ]; then
 	OPTIONS="${OPTIONS} --with-curl=${serverPath}/lib/curl"
 else
 	OPTIONS="--with-iconv=${serverPath}/lib/libiconv"
+	OPTIONS="${OPTIONS} --with-freetype-dir=${serverPath}/lib/freetype"
 	OPTIONS="${OPTIONS} --with-gd --enable-gd-native-ttf"
 	OPTIONS="${OPTIONS} --with-curl"
 fi