diff --git a/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake b/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
index 185654a4cd..8c42185c4e 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ if(builtin_freetype)
       URL ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/graf2d/freetype/src/freetype-${freetype_version}.tar.gz
       URL_HASH SHA256=efe71fd4b8246f1b0b1b9bfca13cfff1c9ad85930340c27df469733bbb620938
       INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
-      CMAKE_ARGS -G ${CMAKE_GENERATOR} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
+      CMAKE_ARGS -G ${CMAKE_GENERATOR} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} -DFT_DISABLE_BZIP2=TRUE
       BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . --config ${freetypebuild}
       INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${freetypebuild}/freetype.lib ${FREETYPE_LIBRARY}
       LOG_DOWNLOAD 1 LOG_CONFIGURE 1 LOG_BUILD 1 LOG_INSTALL 1 BUILD_IN_SOURCE 0