diff --git a/build_appimage.sh b/build_appimage.sh
index a9f2942..e464c54 100755
--- a/build_appimage.sh
+++ b/build_appimage.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ cp -a /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so* appdir/usr/lib
 cp -a /usr/lib64/libpng15.so* appdir/usr/lib
 patchelf --set-rpath \$ORIGIN appdir/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so
 patchelf --set-rpath \$ORIGIN appdir/usr/lib/libfreetype.so
+patchelf --set-rpath \$ORIGIN appdir/usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so
 
 #modify the desktop file so that linuxdeployqt doesn't barf (version to 1.0, add semicolon to end of certain line types)
 sed -i 's/^Categor.*/&;/ ; s/^Keyword.*/&;/ ; s/1\.1/1\.0/' appdir/usr/share/applications/org.flightgear.FlightGear.desktop