diff --git a/recipes/libs/sdl2-ttf/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/sdl2-ttf/recipe.toml
index 2d74b62fd..888f1835a 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/sdl2-ttf/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/sdl2-ttf/recipe.toml
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 tar = "https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15.tar.gz"
 blake3 = "9814a07f33a3501b414f0fc7fa962e7d7ffc56748406f3798b7698b8d7e7fe12"
 script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
 ./autogen.sh
 """
 
 [build]
 dependencies = [
+    "expat",
     "freetype2",
+    "libdrm",
     "liborbital",
     "libpng",
     "llvm18",