diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7a1f4ba959..a44519e178 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3267,6 +3267,7 @@ scale_filter_deps="swscale"
 scale_qsv_filter_deps="libmfx"
 select_filter_select="pixelutils"
 showcqt_filter_deps="avcodec avformat swscale"
+showcqt_filter_suggest="libfontconfig libfreetype"
 showcqt_filter_select="fft"
 showfreqs_filter_deps="avcodec"
 showfreqs_filter_select="fft"