diff --git a/recipes/freetype/recipe.sh b/recipes/freetype/recipe.sh
index 78bd7cd9..ce2cc9a2 100644
--- a/recipes/freetype/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/freetype/recipe.sh
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ function recipe_clean {
 function recipe_stage {
     dest="$(realpath $1)"
     make DESTDIR="$dest" install
+    sed -i -e "s%//lib/libpng16.la%$dest/../sysroot/lib/libpng16.la%" "$dest/lib/libfreetype.la"
     skip=1
 }