diff --git a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
index 312256f..b967580 100644
--- a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
+++ b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ typedef int		FcBool;
 #define FC_CAPABILITY       "capability"	/* String */
 #define FC_FONTFORMAT	    "fontformat"	/* String */
 #define FC_EMBOLDEN	    "embolden"		/* Bool - true if emboldening needed*/
+#define FC_RENDER	    "render"		/* Bool */
 
 #define FC_DIR_CACHE_FILE	    "fonts.cache-"FC_CACHE_VERSION
 #define FC_USER_CACHE_FILE	    ".fonts.cache-"FC_CACHE_VERSION
diff --git a/src/fcname.c b/src/fcname.c
index e50f75f..5004032 100644
--- a/src/fcname.c
+++ b/src/fcname.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ static const FcObjectType _FcBaseObjectTypes[] = {
     { FC_DPI,		FcTypeDouble },
     { FC_RGBA,		FcTypeInteger, },
     { FC_SCALE,		FcTypeDouble, },
-/*    { FC_RENDER,	FcTypeBool, },*/
     { FC_MINSPACE,	FcTypeBool, },
     { FC_CHAR_WIDTH,	FcTypeInteger },
     { FC_CHAR_HEIGHT,	FcTypeInteger },
@@ -71,6 +70,7 @@ static const FcObjectType _FcBaseObjectTypes[] = {
     { FC_CAPABILITY,	FcTypeString },
     { FC_FONTFORMAT,	FcTypeString },
     { FC_EMBOLDEN,	FcTypeBool },
+    { FC_RENDER,	FcTypeBool, },
 };
 
 #define NUM_OBJECT_TYPES    (sizeof _FcBaseObjectTypes / sizeof _FcBaseObjectTypes[0])