3 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase_qpa.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase_qpa.cpp
index 62b99968bc..8e6ad7cd97 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase_qpa.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase_qpa.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Q_GUI_EXPORT  void qt_registerFont(const QString &familyName, const QString &sty
     size->handle = handle;
 }
 
-Q_GUI_EXPORT void qt_registerAliasToFontFamily(const QString &familyName, const QString &alias)
+void qt_registerAliasToFontFamily(const QString &familyName, const QString &alias)
 {
     if (alias.isEmpty())
         return;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.cpp
index 4399aff9da..293535a2e1 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ extern void qt_registerFont(const QString &familyname, const QString &stylename,
                             bool scalable, int pixelSize, bool fixedPitch,
                             const QSupportedWritingSystems &writingSystems, void *hanlde);
 
+void qt_registerAliasToFontFamily(const QString &familyName, const QString &alias);
+
 /*!
     \fn void QPlatformFontDatabase::registerQPF2Font(const QByteArray &dataArray, void *handle)
 
@@ -517,6 +519,17 @@ QSupportedWritingSystems QPlatformFontDatabase::writingSystemsFromTrueTypeBits(q
 }
 
 /*!
+    Helper function that register the \a alias for the \a familyName.
+
+    \since 5.2
+*/
+
+void QPlatformFontDatabase::registerAliasToFontFamily(const QString &familyName, const QString &alias)
+{
+    qt_registerAliasToFontFamily(familyName, alias);
+}
+
+/*!
     \class QPlatformFontDatabase
     \since 5.0
     \internal
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.h b/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.h
index 6e53eba98b..6053f11051 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.h
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ public:
                              QFont::Style style, QFont::Stretch stretch, bool antialiased,
                              bool scalable, int pixelSize, bool fixedPitch,
                              const QSupportedWritingSystems &writingSystems, void *handle);
+
+    static void registerAliasToFontFamily(const QString &familyName, const QString &alias);
 };
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE