diff --git a/panda/CMakeLists.txt b/panda/CMakeLists.txt
index 650bcaede2..cd4c40221b 100644
--- a/panda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/panda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,11 +69,14 @@ set(CORE_MODULE_COMPONENTS
     p3chan p3char p3collide p3cull p3device p3dgraph p3display p3downloader
     p3event p3express p3gobj p3grutil p3gsgbase p3linmath p3mathutil p3nativenet
     p3net p3movies p3parametrics p3pgraph p3pgraphnodes p3pgui p3pipeline
-    p3pnmimage p3pnmtext p3pstatclient p3putil p3recorder p3text p3tform)
+    p3pnmimage p3pstatclient p3putil p3recorder p3text p3tform)
 
 if(HAVE_AUDIO)
   list(APPEND CORE_MODULE_COMPONENTS p3audio)
 endif()
+if(HAVE_FREETYPE)
+  list(APPEND CORE_MODULE_COMPONENTS p3pnmtext)
+endif()
 
 add_python_module(core ${CORE_MODULE_COMPONENTS})
 
diff --git a/panda/src/pnmtext/CMakeLists.txt b/panda/src/pnmtext/CMakeLists.txt
index 534b9a80e3..33a332389f 100644
--- a/panda/src/pnmtext/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/panda/src/pnmtext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
-set(P3PNMTEXT_HEADERS
-  config_pnmtext.h
-  freetypeFace.h freetypeFace.I
-  freetypeFont.h freetypeFont.I
-  pnmTextGlyph.h pnmTextGlyph.I
-  pnmTextMaker.h pnmTextMaker.I
-)
-set(P3PNMTEXT_SOURCES
-  config_pnmtext.cxx
-  freetypeFace.cxx
-  freetypeFont.cxx
-  pnmTextGlyph.cxx
-  pnmTextMaker.cxx
-)
+if(HAVE_FREETYPE)
+  set(P3PNMTEXT_HEADERS
+    config_pnmtext.h
+    freetypeFace.h freetypeFace.I
+    freetypeFont.h freetypeFont.I
+    pnmTextGlyph.h pnmTextGlyph.I
+    pnmTextMaker.h pnmTextMaker.I
+  )
+  set(P3PNMTEXT_SOURCES
+    config_pnmtext.cxx
+    freetypeFace.cxx
+    freetypeFont.cxx
+    pnmTextGlyph.cxx
+    pnmTextMaker.cxx
+  )
 
-composite_sources(p3pnmtext P3PNMTEXT_SOURCES)
-add_library(p3pnmtext ${P3PNMTEXT_SOURCES} ${P3PNMTEXT_HEADERS})
-target_link_libraries(p3pnmtext p3pnmimage ${_FREETYPE_LIBRARIES})
-target_interrogate(p3pnmtext ALL)
+  composite_sources(p3pnmtext P3PNMTEXT_SOURCES)
+  add_library(p3pnmtext ${P3PNMTEXT_SOURCES} ${P3PNMTEXT_HEADERS})
+  target_link_libraries(p3pnmtext p3pnmimage ${_FREETYPE_LIBRARIES})
+  target_interrogate(p3pnmtext ALL)
+endif()
diff --git a/panda/src/text/CMakeLists.txt b/panda/src/text/CMakeLists.txt
index 1815b6e529..1fa5fe5155 100644
--- a/panda/src/text/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/panda/src/text/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,5 +34,8 @@ set(P3TEXT_SOURCES
 
 composite_sources(p3text P3TEXT_SOURCES)
 add_library(p3text ${P3TEXT_SOURCES} ${P3TEXT_HEADERS})
-target_link_libraries(p3text p3pnmtext p3parametrics ${_FREETYPE_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(p3text p3parametrics)
+if(HAVE_FREETYPE)
+  target_link_libraries(p3text p3pnmtext ${_FREETYPE_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
 target_interrogate(p3text ALL)