diff --git a/depends/debian_8.2.sh b/depends/debian_8.2.sh
index 96e6a8e2b..c4f72bf8e 100755
--- a/depends/debian_8.2.sh
+++ b/depends/debian_8.2.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ sudo apt-get -y install python-dev python-setuptools \
     python3-dev python-virtualenv cmake
 sudo apt-get -y install libtiff5-dev libjpeg62-turbo-dev zlib1g-dev \
      libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev \
-     python-tk python3-tk
+     python-tk python3-tk libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev
 
 ./install_openjpeg.sh
 ./install_imagequant.sh
+./install_raqm.sh
diff --git a/depends/fedora_23.sh b/depends/fedora_23.sh
index bad03e764..f9ef9e814 100755
--- a/depends/fedora_23.sh
+++ b/depends/fedora_23.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ sudo dnf install python-devel python3-devel python-virtualenv make gcc
 
 sudo dnf install libtiff-devel libjpeg-devel zlib-devel freetype-devel \
     lcms2-devel libwebp-devel openjpeg2-devel tkinter python3-tkinter \
-    tcl-devel tk-devel
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+    tcl-devel tk-devel harfbuzz-devel fribidi-devel
+    
+./install_raqm.sh
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diff --git a/depends/freebsd_10.sh b/depends/freebsd_10.sh
index 99b4d6d0f..205b6660e 100755
--- a/depends/freebsd_10.sh
+++ b/depends/freebsd_10.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ sudo pkg install python2 python3 py27-pip py27-virtualenv py27-setuptools27
 
 # Openjpeg fails badly using the openjpeg package.
 # I can't find a python3.4 version of tkinter
-sudo pkg install jpeg-turbo tiff webp lcms2 freetype2 py27-tkinter
+sudo pkg install jpeg-turbo tiff webp lcms2 freetype2 harfbuzz fribidi py27-tkinter
+
+./install_raqm.sh
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diff --git a/depends/install_raqm.sh b/depends/install_raqm.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..31950aa4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/install_raqm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# install raqm
+
+
+if [ ! -f raqm-0.2.0.tar.gz ]; then
+    wget -O 'raqm-0.2.0.tar.gz' 'https://github.com/HOST-Oman/libraqm/releases/download/v0.2.0/raqm-0.2.0.tar.gz?raw=true'
+
+fi
+
+rm -r raqm-0.2.0
+tar -xvzf raqm-0.2.0.tar.gz
+
+
+pushd raqm-0.2.0
+
+./configure --prefix=/usr && make -j4 && sudo make -j4 install
+
+popd
+
diff --git a/depends/ubuntu_14.04.sh b/depends/ubuntu_14.04.sh
index a548f74fa..97d142165 100755
--- a/depends/ubuntu_14.04.sh
+++ b/depends/ubuntu_14.04.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 # Installs all of the dependencies for Pillow for Ubuntu 14.04
 # for both system Pythons 2.7 and 3.4
 #
-
+sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:as-bahanta/raqm
+sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get -y install python-dev python-setuptools \
     python3-dev python-virtualenv cmake
 sudo apt-get -y install libtiff5-dev libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev \
     libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev \
-    python-tk python3-tk
+    python-tk python3-tk libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev
 
 ./install_openjpeg.sh
 ./install_imagequant.sh
+./install_raqm.sh