diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 819fd37718..6e7faf55b6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3224,7 +3224,7 @@ delogo_filter_deps="gpl"
 deshake_filter_select="pixelutils"
 deshake_filter_suggest="opencl"
 drawtext_filter_deps="libfreetype"
-drawtext_filter_suggest="libfontconfig"
+drawtext_filter_suggest="libfontconfig libfribidi"
 elbg_filter_deps="avcodec"
 eq_filter_deps="gpl"
 fftfilt_filter_deps="avcodec"