2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
index 575fbb9af9..81995510f0 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
@@ -715,8 +715,10 @@ QString QFontconfigDatabase::resolveFontFamilyAlias(const QString &family) const
     if (!pattern)
         return family;
 
-    QByteArray cs = family.toUtf8();
-    FcPatternAddString(pattern, FC_FAMILY, (const FcChar8 *) cs.constData());
+    if (!family.isEmpty()) {
+        QByteArray cs = family.toUtf8();
+        FcPatternAddString(pattern, FC_FAMILY, (const FcChar8 *) cs.constData());
+    }
     FcConfigSubstitute(0, pattern, FcMatchPattern);
     FcDefaultSubstitute(pattern);
 
@@ -727,3 +729,8 @@ QString QFontconfigDatabase::resolveFontFamilyAlias(const QString &family) const
 
     return resolved;
 }
+
+QFont QFontconfigDatabase::defaultFont() const
+{
+    return QFont(resolveFontFamilyAlias(QString()));
+}
diff --git a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase_p.h b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase_p.h
index 2b1e512298..af981d431f 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase_p.h
+++ b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase_p.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public:
     QStringList fallbacksForFamily(const QString family, const QFont::Style &style, const QFont::StyleHint &styleHint, const QUnicodeTables::Script &script) const;
     QStringList addApplicationFont(const QByteArray &fontData, const QString &fileName);
     QString resolveFontFamilyAlias(const QString &family) const;
+    QFont defaultFont() const;
 };
 
 #endif // QFONTCONFIGDATABASE_H