diff --git a/x11-misc/polybar/files/polybar-3.7.2-fontconfig.patch b/x11-misc/polybar/files/polybar-3.7.2-fontconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4e788165b76ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-misc/polybar/files/polybar-3.7.2-fontconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/953553#c10
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt	2024-08-17 13:39:55.000000000 +0200
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt	2025-04-22 14:02:32.225721530 +0200
+@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@
+ target_link_libraries(poly PUBLIC
+   Threads::Threads
+   Cairo::CairoFC
++  freetype
+   xpp
+   LibUV::LibUV
+   )
diff --git a/x11-misc/polybar/polybar-3.7.2.ebuild b/x11-misc/polybar/polybar-3.7.2.ebuild
index 3e08e6ca18694..6c160106ee823 100644
--- a/x11-misc/polybar/polybar-3.7.2.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/polybar/polybar-3.7.2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-gcc15-cstdint-includes.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.7.2-fontconfig.patch"
 )
 
 src_configure() {