diff --git a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
index 00aa80cd..dd715b73 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/fontconfig/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ void QFontconfigDatabase::populateFontDatabase()
             FcObjectSetAdd(os, *p);
             ++p;
         }
+        FcPatternAddBool(pattern, FC_VARIABLE, FcFalse);
         fonts = FcFontList(nullptr, pattern, os);
         FcObjectSetDestroy(os);
         FcPatternDestroy(pattern);