diff --git a/package/imagemagick/imagemagick.mk b/package/imagemagick/imagemagick.mk
index 94c96474e3..864e033987 100644
--- a/package/imagemagick/imagemagick.mk
+++ b/package/imagemagick/imagemagick.mk
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ IMAGEMAGICK_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--without-perl \
 	--without-raqm \
 	--without-wmf \
-	--without-x
+	--without-x \
+	--with-gs-font-dir=/usr/share/fonts/gs
 
 IMAGEMAGICK_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf