diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5f3d22e56..af7b1c846 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ class pil_build_ext(build_ext):
                 prefix = subprocess.check_output(['brew', '--prefix'])
                 if prefix:
                     prefix = prefix.strip()
+                    _add_directory(include_dirs, os.path.join(prefix, 'include', 'freetype2'))
                     _add_directory(library_dirs, os.path.join(prefix, 'lib'))
                     _add_directory(include_dirs, os.path.join(prefix, 'include'))
             except: