diff --git a/cfg-common.h b/cfg-common.h
index eeec5b3a4c..11a6a1654d 100644
--- a/cfg-common.h
+++ b/cfg-common.h
@@ -257,6 +257,13 @@
  	{"subfont-outline", &subtitle_font_thickness, CONF_TYPE_FLOAT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 8, NULL},
  	{"subfont-autoscale", &subtitle_autoscale, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 3, NULL},
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_FONTCONFIG
+	{"fontconfig", &font_fontconfig, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL},
+	{"nofontconfig", &font_fontconfig, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 1, 0, NULL},
+#else
+	{"fontconfig", "MPlayer wasn't compiled with Fontconfig support\n", CONF_TYPE_PRINT, CONF_NOCFG, 0, 0, NULL},
+	{"nofontconfig", "MPlayer wasn't compiled with Fontconfig support\n", CONF_TYPE_PRINT, CONF_NOCFG, 0, 0, NULL},
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #else