diff --git a/Rakefile.rb b/Rakefile.rb
index ed01bdf..b146e78 100644
--- a/Rakefile.rb
+++ b/Rakefile.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ NAME = "freetype2gl3"
 task :default do
   Rscons::Environment.new do |env|
     env.build_root = "build"
-    env["LIBS"] += ["SDL2", "GL", "dl"]
+    env["LIBS"] += ["SDL2", "GL", "dl", "freetype"]
+    env["CXXFLAGS"] += `freetype-config --cflags`.split(" ")
+    env["LDFLAGS"] += `freetype-config --libs`.split(" ")
     env.Program("^/#{NAME}", Dir["*.{cc,c}"])
   end
 end
diff --git a/freetype2gl3.cc b/freetype2gl3.cc
index fe77a0a..aa1a027 100644
--- a/freetype2gl3.cc
+++ b/freetype2gl3.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-#include <SDL2/SDL.h>
 #include "gl3w.h"
+#include <SDL2/SDL.h>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <ft2build.h>
+#include FT_FREETYPE_H
+
+using namespace std;
 
 #define WIDTH   500
 #define HEIGHT  500
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO))
     {
-        printf("Failed to initialize SDL!\n");
+        cerr << "Failed to initialize SDL!" << endl;
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -33,7 +38,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                                            SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL);
     if (!window)
     {
-        printf("Failed to create window!\n");
+        cerr << "Failed to create window!" << endl;
         SDL_Quit();
         return 2;
     }
@@ -42,18 +47,24 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     if (gl3wInit() != 0)
     {
-        printf("Failed to gl3wInit()\n");
+        cerr << "Failed to gl3wInit()" << endl;
         SDL_Quit();
         return 2;
     }
 
     if (!gl3wIsSupported(3, 0))
     {
-        printf("OpenGL 3.0 is not supported!\n");
+        cerr << "OpenGL 3.0 is not supported!" << endl;
         SDL_Quit();
         return 2;
     }
 
+    FT_Library ft;
+    if (FT_Init_FreeType(&ft) != 0)
+    {
+        cerr << "Could not FT_Init_FreeType()" << endl;
+    }
+
     init();
     display(window);
     SDL_Event event;