diff --git a/3rdParty/msdf/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdParty/msdf/CMakeLists.txt
index a8e3600..e7f7849 100644
--- a/3rdParty/msdf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdParty/msdf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ if (ENABLE_MSDF)
     if(NOT DEFINED FREETYPE_REPO)
         set(FREETYPE_REPO https://github.com/freetype/freetype.git)
     endif()
-
-    unset(freetype_FOUND)
+    if (NOT DEFINED FREETYPE_BUILT_FROM_SOURCES)
+        unset(freetype_FOUND)
+    endif()
     if (NOT IOS)
         find_package(freetype QUIET)
     endif ()
-    if (NOT freetype_FOUND OR NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_deps/freetype-src/build")
+    if (NOT freetype_FOUND AND NOT FREETYPE_BUILT_FROM_SOURCES)
         message("Installing freetype from sources")
         FetchContent_Declare(
             freetype
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ if (ENABLE_MSDF)
         endif()
         set(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR "${FT_SRC_DIR}/freetype-install/include/freetype2" CACHE INTERNAL "ft include dir" FORCE)
         set(FREETYPE_BUILT_FROM_SOURCES ON CACHE BOOL "ft built from sources" FORCE)
+        set(freetype_FOUND ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
         list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "${FT_SRC_DIR}/freetype-install")
     endif()