diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2b127a867c..64107affd2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ before_install:
 
 # TODO: test different combinations of flags, --enable-sdl, --enable-qt, etc
 script:
-  - ./configure --enable-sdl --prefix=$PWD/local && make -j8 && make install  # build from checkout
-  - make dist && tar -zxf projectM-*.tar.gz && cd projectM-* && ./configure --enable-sdl --prefix=$PWD/dist_install && make -j8 && make install  # build from dist
+  - ./configure --enable-sdl --enable-ftgl --prefix=$PWD/local && make -j8 && make install  # build from checkout
+  - make dist && tar -zxf projectM-*.tar.gz && cd projectM-* && ./configure --enable-sdl --enable-ftgl --prefix=$PWD/dist_install && make -j8 && make install  # build from dist
   - echo "PWD $PWD"
   - ls .
   - test -e src/projectM-sdl/projectMSDL
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ matrix:
     - os: osx
       osx_image: xcode8
       env:
-        - MATRIX_EVAL="brew update && brew install sdl2"
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="brew update && brew install sdl2 && brew install ftgl"
 
 notifications:
   email:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e1bfd1c7c5..3fe6ac2b95 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_sdl" = "xyes"], [
   AM_PATH_SDL2($SDL_VERSION, :, AC_MSG_ERROR([*** SDL version $SDL_VERSION not found!]))
 ])
 
+dnl FTGL
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([ftgl],
+  AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-ftgl], [FTGL support to display text such as preset title, stats, fps, ...]),
+  [], [enable_ftgl=no])
+AS_IF([test "x$enable_ftgl" = "xyes"], [
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FTGL, [ftgl], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([libftgl is required.])])
+  AC_DEFINE([USE_FTGL], [1], [Define USE_FTGL])
+])
+
 dnl from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30897170/ac-subst-does-not-expand-variable answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/30960268
 dnl ptomato https://stackoverflow.com/users/172999/ptomato
 AC_SUBST([PACKAGE])
@@ -118,4 +127,5 @@ Applications:
 libprojectM:            yes
 SDL:                    ${enable_sdl}
 Qt & Pulseaudio:        ${enable_qt}
+FTGL:                   ${enable_ftgl}
 ])
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/Common.hpp b/src/libprojectM/Common.hpp
index 8bf484e6bc..368d03fad7 100755
--- a/src/libprojectM/Common.hpp
+++ b/src/libprojectM/Common.hpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <typeinfo>
 #include <cstdarg>
 #include <cassert>
+#include "config.h"
 #ifdef _MSC_sVER
 #define strcasecmp(s, t) _strcmpi(s, t)
 #endif
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/Makefile.am b/src/libprojectM/Makefile.am
index 0cdc7dc2a0..8da9745e1c 100644
--- a/src/libprojectM/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libprojectM/Makefile.am
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ CLEANFILES=
 SUBDIRS=Renderer NativePresetFactory MilkdropPresetFactory
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
--include $(top_builddir)/config.h \
--DSYSCONFDIR=\""$(sysconfdir)"\" \
--I$(top_srcdir)/src/libprojectM \
--I$(top_srcdir)/src/libprojectM/Renderer
+	-include $(top_builddir)/config.h \
+	-DSYSCONFDIR=\""$(sysconfdir)"\" \
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/libprojectM \
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/libprojectM/Renderer \
+	${FTGL_CFLAGS}
 
 # system headers/libraries/data to install
 include_HEADERS = projectM.hpp
diff --git a/src/libprojectM/Renderer/Makefile.am b/src/libprojectM/Renderer/Makefile.am
index e6ba436881..c6868b7f26 100644
--- a/src/libprojectM/Renderer/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libprojectM/Renderer/Makefile.am
@@ -41,4 +41,9 @@ libRenderer_la_SOURCES = \
 
 
 libRenderer_la_CPPFLAGS = ${my_CFLAGS} \
--I$(top_srcdir)/src/libprojectM
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/src/libprojectM \
+	${FTGL_CFLAGS}
+
+
+libRenderer_la_LDFLAGS = \
+	${FTGL_LIBS}