diff -rup a/src/SDL_Pango.c b/src/SDL_Pango.c
--- a/src/SDL_Pango.c	2023-03-17 22:17:20.000000000 -0400
+++ b/src/SDL_Pango.c	2023-03-17 22:33:20.603873355 -0400
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@
 #include <pango/pango.h>
 #include <pango/pangoft2.h>
 
+#define __FT2_BUILD_UNIX_H__
 #include "SDL_Pango.h"
 
 //! non-zero if initialized