diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 258b83b14..e7bc9f2f3 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const Builder = std.build.Builder;
 const LibExeObjStep = std.build.LibExeObjStep;
 const glfw = @import("vendor/mach/glfw/build.zig");
 const ft = @import("src/freetype/build.zig");
+const ftgl = @import("src/freetype-gl/build.zig");
 
 pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) !void {
     const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) !void {
     exe.addCSourceFile("src/gb_math.c", &.{});
     exe.addPackagePath("glfw", "vendor/mach/glfw/src/main.zig");
     glfw.link(b, exe, .{});
+    try ftgl.link(exe, b, target, mode, .{});
 
     exe.linkSystemLibrary("epoxy");
 
diff --git a/src/freetype-gl/build.zig b/src/freetype-gl/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2ae812cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/freetype-gl/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const ft = @import("../freetype/build.zig");
+
+/// Compile-time options for the library. These mostly correspond to
+/// options exposed by the native build system used by the library.
+pub const Options = struct {};
+
+/// Create this library. This is the primary API users of build.zig should
+/// use to link this library to their application. On the resulting Library,
+/// call the link function and given your own application step.
+pub fn link(
+    exe: *std.build.LibExeObjStep,
+    b: *std.build.Builder,
+    target: std.zig.CrossTarget,
+    mode: std.builtin.Mode,
+    opts: Options,
+) !void {
+    _ = opts;
+
+    const ret = b.addStaticLibrary("freetype-gl", null);
+    ret.setTarget(target);
+    ret.setBuildMode(mode);
+
+    var flags = std.ArrayList([]const u8).init(b.allocator);
+    defer flags.deinit();
+    // try flags.appendSlice(&.{});
+
+    // C files
+    ret.addCSourceFiles(srcs, flags.items);
+    ret.addIncludeDir(root());
+    ret.linkLibC();
+
+    // For config.h
+    ret.addIncludeDir(thisDir());
+
+    // Dependencies
+    ret.linkSystemLibrary("gl");
+    const ftstep = try ft.create(b, target, mode, .{});
+    ftstep.addIncludeDirs(ret);
+
+    exe.addIncludeDir(root());
+    exe.linkLibrary(ret);
+}
+
+fn root() []const u8 {
+    return (std.fs.path.dirname(@src().file) orelse unreachable) ++ "/../../vendor/freetype-gl/";
+}
+
+fn thisDir() []const u8 {
+    return (std.fs.path.dirname(@src().file) orelse unreachable) ++ "/";
+}
+
+const srcs = &.{
+    root() ++ "distance-field.c",
+    root() ++ "edtaa3func.c",
+    root() ++ "platform.c",
+    root() ++ "text-buffer.c",
+    root() ++ "texture-atlas.c",
+    root() ++ "texture-font.c",
+    root() ++ "utf8-utils.c",
+    root() ++ "ftgl-utils.c",
+    root() ++ "vector.c",
+    root() ++ "vertex-attribute.c",
+
+    // optional stuff we don't need
+    // root() ++ "font-manager.c",
+    // root() ++ "vertex-buffer.c",
+};
diff --git a/src/freetype-gl/config.h b/src/freetype-gl/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98d4946aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/freetype-gl/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// Purposely empty! This is just here so that freetype-gl will build.
diff --git a/src/freetype/build.zig b/src/freetype/build.zig
index da3ac95f7..5df314abd 100644
--- a/src/freetype/build.zig
+++ b/src/freetype/build.zig
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ pub const Library = struct {
     /// statically link this library into the given step
     pub fn link(self: Library, other: *std.build.LibExeObjStep) void {
         self.addIncludeDirs(other);
-        other.addIncludeDir(include_dir);
         other.linkLibrary(self.step);
     }
 
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ pub const Library = struct {
 
         // We need to add this directory to the include path for the final
         // app so that we can access "freetype-zig.h".
+        other.addIncludeDir(include_dir);
         other.addIncludeDir(std.fs.path.dirname(@src().file) orelse unreachable);
     }
 };