diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontengine.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontengine.cpp
index bef4dc5547..6567859a5b 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontengine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontengine.cpp
@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ QImage QFontEngine::alphaMapForGlyph(glyph_t glyph)
     pt.x = -glyph_x;
     pt.y = -glyph_y; // the baseline
     QPainterPath path;
+    path.setFillRule(Qt::WindingFill);
     QImage im(glyph_width + 4, glyph_height, QImage::Format_ARGB32_Premultiplied);
     im.fill(Qt::transparent);
     QPainter p(&im);