diff --git a/.github/workflows/cpp.yml b/.github/workflows/cpp.yml
index 514ed45..fcc22ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cpp.yml
@@ -21,15 +21,18 @@ jobs:
           if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]; then
             sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu `lsb_release -sc` main universe restricted multiverse"
             sudo apt-get update -y -qq
-            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xorg-dev libglu1-mesa-dev freeglut3-dev mesa-common-dev libsdl2-dev
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xorg-dev libglu1-mesa-dev freeglut3-dev mesa-common-dev libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev
           fi
           if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "macOS" ]; then
             brew install SDL2
             brew install SDL2_image
+            brew install SDL2_ttf
           fi
           if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Windows" ]; then
             curl -L -O https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.28.4-VC.zip
+            curl -L -O https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_ttf/releases/download/release-2.20.2/SDL2_ttf-devel-2.20.2-VC.zip
             7z x SDL2-devel-2.28.4-VC.zip -oSDL2
+            7z x SDL2_ttf-devel-2.20.2-VC.zip -oSDL2_ttf
           fi
 
       - name: build
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Windows" ]; then
             export SDL2_DIR=D:\\a\\gbemu\\gbemu\\SDL2\\SDL2-2.28.4\\cmake
+            export SDL2_ttf_DIR=d:\\a\\gbemu\\gbemu\\SDL2_ttf\\SDL2_ttf-2.20.2\\cmake
           fi
           mkdir build
           cd build