diff --git a/Components/Overlay/src/OgreFont.cpp b/Components/Overlay/src/OgreFont.cpp
index 2eb7d422705..edcda4cb43a 100644
--- a/Components/Overlay/src/OgreFont.cpp
+++ b/Components/Overlay/src/OgreFont.cpp
@@ -528,6 +528,18 @@ namespace Ogre
                 // Advance a column
                 if(width)
                     l += (width + char_spacer);
+
+#ifndef HAVE_FREETYPE
+                if (buffer != NULL)
+                {
+                    int ix0, iy0, ix1, iy1;
+                    stbtt__bitmap gbm;
+                    stbtt_GetGlyphBitmapBoxSubpixel(&font, stbtt_FindGlyphIndex(&font, cp), scale, scale, 0.0f, 0.0f, &ix0, &iy0, &ix1, &iy1);
+                    gbm.w = (ix1 - ix0);
+                    gbm.h = (iy1 - iy0);
+                    STBTT_free(buffer, gbm.w * gbm.h);
+                }
+#endif
             }
         }
 #ifdef HAVE_FREETYPE