diff --git a/tools/modelsim/set_modelsim b/tools/modelsim/set_modelsim
index 779145c8f85452796c3d6d89ad6035cd2b7e6387..e480d066d5ea970fbdc621552fab2bac7a8c94ac 100755
--- a/tools/modelsim/set_modelsim
+++ b/tools/modelsim/set_modelsim
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ elif [ "${TOOLSET}" = "unb2" ]; then
   #. ${RADIOHDL}/tools/quartus/quartus_version.sh 13.1
   . ${RADIOHDL}/tools/quartus/quartus_version.sh 14.1
   . ${RADIOHDL}/tools/modelsim/modelsim_version.sh 10.4
+  export LD_PRELOAD=/home/software/freetype2/usr/lib/libfreetype.so
 else
   echo "error: unknown tool setting: ${TOOLSET} (choose 'unb1' or 'unb2')"
   exit 1