3 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/vcl/inc/unx/fontmanager.hxx b/vcl/inc/unx/fontmanager.hxx
index a76474f856fc..a7817652d9ae 100644
--- a/vcl/inc/unx/fontmanager.hxx
+++ b/vcl/inc/unx/fontmanager.hxx
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ class VCL_PLUGIN_PUBLIC PrintFontManager
     */
     static void addFontconfigDir(const OString& rDirectory);
 
+    /* register an application specific font file for libfontconfig */
+    static void addFontconfigFile(const OString& rFile);
+
     std::set<OString> m_aPreviousLangSupportRequests;
     std::vector<OUString> m_aCurrentRequests;
     Timer m_aFontInstallerTimer;
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx
index eb66017d98fa..a34d0e08b050 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ class FontCfgWrapper
 {
     FcFontSet* m_pFontSet;
 
-    void addFontSet( FcSetName );
-
     FontCfgWrapper();
     ~FontCfgWrapper();
 
@@ -162,6 +160,8 @@ public:
     static FontCfgWrapper& get();
     static void release();
 
+    void addFontSet( FcSetName );
+
     FcFontSet* getFontSet();
 
     void clear();
@@ -766,6 +766,22 @@ void PrintFontManager::addFontconfigDir( const OString& rDirName )
     }
 }
 
+void PrintFontManager::addFontconfigFile( const OString& rFileName )
+{
+    const char* pFileName = rFileName.getStr();
+    bool bFileOk = (FcConfigAppFontAddFile(FcConfigGetCurrent(), reinterpret_cast<FcChar8 const *>(pFileName) ) == FcTrue);
+
+    SAL_INFO("vcl.fonts", "FcConfigAppFontAddFile(\"" << pFileName << "\") => " << std::boolalpha << bFileOk);
+
+    if( !bFileOk )
+        return;
+
+    // FIXME: we want to add only the newly added font not re-add the whole
+    // application font set.
+    FontCfgWrapper& rWrapper = FontCfgWrapper::get();
+    rWrapper.addFontSet( FcSetApplication );
+}
+
 static void addtopattern(FcPattern *pPattern,
     FontItalic eItalic, FontWeight eWeight, FontWidth eWidth, FontPitch ePitch)
 {
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontmanager.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontmanager.cxx
index b8f99d122e1f..d7b6a211df13 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontmanager.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/fontmanager/fontmanager.cxx
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ std::vector<fontID> PrintFontManager::addFontFile( std::u16string_view rFileUrl
     std::vector<fontID> aFontIds = findFontFileIDs( nDirID, aName );
     if( aFontIds.empty() )
     {
+        addFontconfigFile(OUStringToOString(aPath.GetFull(), osl_getThreadTextEncoding()));
+
         std::vector<PrintFont> aNewFonts = analyzeFontFile(nDirID, aName);
         for (auto & font : aNewFonts)
         {