diff --git a/source/Makefile b/source/Makefile
index e12c4baac4d..3bcd2f4aa2a 100644
--- a/source/Makefile
+++ b/source/Makefile
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ PYPLAYERLIB ?= $(PYLIB)
     ifeq ($(OS), windows)
       COMLIB += $(NAN_FREETYPE)/lib/freetype214ST.lib
     else
-      COMLIB += $(NAN_FREETYPE)/lib/libfreetype.a
+      ifneq ($(OS), irix)
+        COMLIB += $(NAN_FREETYPE)/lib/libfreetype.a
+      endif
     endif
   endif
 ifeq ($(INTERNATIONAL), true)
@@ -159,7 +161,9 @@ ifeq ($(INTERNATIONAL), true)
         endif
     else
         COMLIB += $(NAN_FTGL)/lib/libftgl.a
-        COMLIB += $(NAN_FREETYPE)/lib/libfreetype.a
+        ifneq ($(OS), irix)
+          COMLIB += $(NAN_FREETYPE)/lib/libfreetype.a
+        endif
     endif
 	ifeq ($(OS), darwin)
 	    COMLIB += $(NAN_GETTEXT)/lib/libintl.a
diff --git a/source/nan_definitions.mk b/source/nan_definitions.mk
index 1b0da5f8ffe..6426e974f6a 100644
--- a/source/nan_definitions.mk
+++ b/source/nan_definitions.mk
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ all debug::
     export NAN_MESA ?= /usr/src/Mesa-3.1
     export NAN_ZLIB ?= /usr/freeware
     export NAN_NSPR ?= /usr/local/apps/openblender/nspr/target/dist
-    export NAN_FREETYPE ?= $(LCGDIR)/freetype
-    export NAN_GETTEXT ?= $(LCGDIR)/gettext
+    export NAN_FREETYPE ?= /usr/freeware
+    export NAN_GETTEXT ?= /usr/freeware
 
     # Uncomment the following line to use Mozilla inplace of netscape
     # CPPFLAGS +=-DMOZ_NOT_NET
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@ all debug::
     export NAN_PARANOID ?= true
 
     # enable l10n
-    #export INTERNATIONAL ?= true
-	
+    export INTERNATIONAL ?= true
+
     # enable freetype2 support for text objects
-    #export WITH_FREETYPE2 ?= true
+    export WITH_FREETYPE2 ?= true
 
   else
   ifeq ($(OS),linux)
diff --git a/source/nan_link.mk b/source/nan_link.mk
index 1006bf6d9dd..1513a8cc0ab 100644
--- a/source/nan_link.mk
+++ b/source/nan_link.mk
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(OS),irix)
     LLIBS = -lmovieGL -lGLU -lGL -lXmu -lXext -lX11 -lc -lm -ldmedia
     LLIBS += -lcl -laudio -ldb -lCio -lz -woff 84,171
+    ifeq ($(INTERNATIONAL), true)
+       LLIBS += -L$(NAN_FREETYPE)/lib32 -lfreetype
+       LLIBS += -L$(NAN_ICONV)/lib32 -lintl
+    endif
     DYNLDFLAGS = -shared $(LDFLAGS)
 endif