diff --git a/make/modules/java.desktop/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk b/make/modules/java.desktop/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk
index 4d0c0c00dbf0..ef7eadae2067 100644
--- a/make/modules/java.desktop/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk
+++ b/make/modules/java.desktop/lib/Awt2dLibraries.gmk
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(USE_EXTERNAL_HARFBUZZ), true)
    LIBFONTMANAGER_EXTRA_SRC =
-   BUILD_LIBFONTMANAGER_FONTLIB += $(LIBHARFBUZZ_LIBS)
+   BUILD_LIBFONTMANAGER_FONTLIB += $(HARFBUZZ_LIBS)
 else
    LIBFONTMANAGER_EXTRA_SRC = libharfbuzz