diff --git a/src/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp b/src/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
index 73388114b..981a8edba 100644
--- a/src/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
+++ b/src/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
@@ -2314,7 +2314,7 @@ void GUIFormSpecMenu::drawList(const ListDrawSpec &s, int phase,
 				this->bringToFront(m_tooltip_element);
 				setStaticText(m_tooltip_element, tooltip_text.c_str());
 				s32 tooltip_width = m_tooltip_element->getTextWidth() + m_btn_height;
-#if IRRLICHT_VERSION_MAJOR <= 1 && IRRLICHT_VERSION_MINOR <= 8 && IRRLICHT_VERSION_REVISION < 2
+#if (IRRLICHT_VERSION_MAJOR <= 1 && IRRLICHT_VERSION_MINOR <= 8 && IRRLICHT_VERSION_REVISION < 2) || USE_FREETYPE == 1
 				s32 tooltip_height = m_tooltip_element->getTextHeight() * tt_rows.size() + 5;
 #else
 				s32 tooltip_height = m_tooltip_element->getTextHeight() + 5;