diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_coretext.mm b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_coretext.mm
index c4d2d47f59..d4df2183ed 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_coretext.mm
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_coretext.mm
@@ -162,8 +162,10 @@ uint QCoreTextFontEngineMulti::fontIndexForFont(CTFontRef font) const
     return engines.count() - 1;
 }
 
-bool QCoreTextFontEngineMulti::stringToCMap(const QChar *str, int len, QGlyphLayout *glyphs, int *nglyphs, QTextEngine::ShaperFlags flags,
-                  unsigned short *logClusters, const HB_CharAttributes *) const
+bool QCoreTextFontEngineMulti::stringToCMap(const QChar *str, int len, QGlyphLayout *glyphs,
+                                            int *nglyphs, QTextEngine::ShaperFlags flags,
+                                            unsigned short *logClusters, const HB_CharAttributes *,
+                                            QScriptItem *si) const
 {
     QCFType<CFStringRef> cfstring = CFStringCreateWithCharactersNoCopy(0,
                                                                reinterpret_cast<const UniChar *>(str),
@@ -254,7 +256,12 @@ bool QCoreTextFontEngineMulti::stringToCMap(const QChar *str, int len, QGlyphLay
             if (!runAttribs)
                 runAttribs = attributeDict;
             CTFontRef runFont = static_cast<CTFontRef>(CFDictionaryGetValue(runAttribs, NSFontAttributeName));
-            const uint fontIndex = (fontIndexForFont(runFont) << 24);
+            uint fontIndex = fontIndexForFont(runFont);
+            const QFontEngine *engine = engineAt(fontIndex);
+            fontIndex <<= 24;
+            si->ascent = qMax(engine->ascent(), si->ascent);
+            si->descent = qMax(engine->descent(), si->descent);
+            si->leading = qMax(engine->leading(), si->leading);
             //NSLog(@"Run Font Name = %@", CTFontCopyFamilyName(runFont));
             if (endWithPDF)
                 glyphCount--;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_coretext_p.h b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_coretext_p.h
index aa5f91a20c..bb80a9b2f3 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_coretext_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_coretext_p.h
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ public:
                               QTextEngine::ShaperFlags flags) const;
     bool stringToCMap(const QChar *str, int len, QGlyphLayout *glyphs, int *nglyphs,
                       QTextEngine::ShaperFlags flags,
-                      unsigned short *logClusters, const HB_CharAttributes *charAttributes) const;
+                      unsigned short *logClusters, const HB_CharAttributes *charAttributes,
+                      QScriptItem *si) const;
 
     virtual const char *name() const { return "CoreText"; }
 protected:
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_mac.mm b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_mac.mm
index 673a7c86fa..9f094ad7d1 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_mac.mm
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_mac.mm
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ bool QFontEngineMacMulti::stringToCMap(const QChar *str, int len, QGlyphLayout *
 }
 
 bool QFontEngineMacMulti::stringToCMap(const QChar *str, int len, QGlyphLayout *glyphs, int *nglyphs, QTextEngine::ShaperFlags flags,
-                                       unsigned short *logClusters, const HB_CharAttributes *charAttributes) const
+                                       unsigned short *logClusters, const HB_CharAttributes *charAttributes, QScriptItem *) const
 {
     if (*nglyphs < len) {
         *nglyphs = len;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_mac_p.h b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_mac_p.h
index 385fa83fe9..292ea98d9a 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_mac_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_mac_p.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool stringToCMap(const QChar *str, int len, QGlyphLayout *glyphs, int *nglyphs, QTextEngine::ShaperFlags flags) const;
     bool stringToCMap(const QChar *str, int len, QGlyphLayout *glyphs, int *nglyphs, QTextEngine::ShaperFlags flags,
-                      unsigned short *logClusters, const HB_CharAttributes *charAttributes) const;
+                      unsigned short *logClusters, const HB_CharAttributes *charAttributes, QScriptItem *) const;
 
     virtual void recalcAdvances(QGlyphLayout *, QTextEngine::ShaperFlags) const;
     virtual void doKerning(QGlyphLayout *, QTextEngine::ShaperFlags) const;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
index cc150c5965..ff27bc673f 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
@@ -1274,6 +1274,10 @@ void QTextEngine::shapeTextWithHarfbuzz(int item) const
             actualFontEngine = static_cast<QFontEngineMulti *>(font)->engine(engineIdx);
         }
 
+        si.ascent = qMax(actualFontEngine->ascent(), si.ascent);
+        si.descent = qMax(actualFontEngine->descent(), si.descent);
+        si.leading = qMax(actualFontEngine->leading(), si.leading);
+
         shaper_item.font = actualFontEngine->harfbuzzFont();
         shaper_item.face = actualFontEngine->harfbuzzFace();
 
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextengine_mac.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextengine_mac.cpp
index 97e8c5b0f8..2c6e579b45 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextengine_mac.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextengine_mac.cpp
@@ -605,11 +605,11 @@ void QTextEngine::shapeTextMac(int item) const
     unsigned short *log_clusters = logClusters(&si);
 
     bool stringToCMapFailed = false;
-    if (!fe->stringToCMap(str, len, &g, &num_glyphs, flags, log_clusters, attributes())) {
+    if (!fe->stringToCMap(str, len, &g, &num_glyphs, flags, log_clusters, attributes(), &si)) {
         ensureSpace(num_glyphs);
         g = availableGlyphs(&si);
         stringToCMapFailed = !fe->stringToCMap(str, len, &g, &num_glyphs, flags, log_clusters,
-                                               attributes());
+                                               attributes(), &si);
     }
 
     if (!stringToCMapFailed) {