diff --git a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
index b751338355..62a39cdfd5 100644
--- a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
@@ -1641,6 +1641,7 @@ void Configure::applySpecSpecifics()
         dictionary[ "QT_CUPS" ]             = "no";
         dictionary[ "QT_GLIB" ]             = "no";
         dictionary[ "QT_ICONV" ]            = "no";
+        dictionary[ "FONT_CONFIG" ]         = "auto";
 
         dictionary["DECORATIONS"]           = "default windows styled";
     } else if ((platform() == QNX) || (platform() == BLACKBERRY)) {
@@ -1648,6 +1649,7 @@ void Configure::applySpecSpecifics()
         dictionary["SLOG2"]                 = "auto";
         dictionary["QT_XKBCOMMON"]          = "no";
         dictionary[ "ANGLE" ]               = "no";
+        dictionary[ "FONT_CONFIG" ]         = "auto";
     } else if (platform() == ANDROID) {
         dictionary[ "REDUCE_EXPORTS" ]      = "yes";
         dictionary[ "BUILD" ]               = "release";
@@ -2202,6 +2204,8 @@ bool Configure::checkAvailability(const QString &part)
         available = tryCompileProject("unix/slog2");
     } else if (part == "NEON") {
         available = (dictionary["QT_ARCH"] == "arm") && tryCompileProject("unix/neon");
+    } else if (part == "FONT_CONFIG") {
+        available = tryCompileProject("unix/fontconfig");
     }
 
     return available;
@@ -2346,6 +2350,9 @@ void Configure::autoDetection()
     if (dictionary["QT_EVENTFD"] == "auto")
         dictionary["QT_EVENTFD"] = checkAvailability("QT_EVENTFD") ? "yes" : "no";
 
+    if (dictionary["FONT_CONFIG"] == "auto")
+        dictionary["FONT_CONFIG"] = checkAvailability("FONT_CONFIG") ? "yes" : "no";
+
     // Mark all unknown "auto" to the default value..
     for (QMap<QString,QString>::iterator i = dictionary.begin(); i != dictionary.end(); ++i) {
         if (i.value() == "auto")
@@ -3529,6 +3536,7 @@ void Configure::displayConfig()
     sout << "    JPEG support............" << dictionary[ "JPEG" ] << endl;
     sout << "    PNG support............." << dictionary[ "PNG" ] << endl;
     sout << "    FreeType support........" << dictionary[ "FREETYPE" ] << endl;
+    sout << "    Fontconfig support......" << dictionary[ "FONT_CONFIG" ] << endl;
     sout << "    HarfBuzz-NG support....." << dictionary[ "HARFBUZZ" ] << endl;
     sout << "    PCRE support............" << dictionary[ "PCRE" ] << endl;
     sout << "    ICU support............." << dictionary[ "ICU" ] << endl;