diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
index 334c6a9407..8a2fbe1f6d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -1239,11 +1239,13 @@ QT_WARNING_POP
 
         fontFile->Release();
 
-        fontEngine = new QWindowsFontEngineDirectWrite(directWriteFontFace, pixelSize,
+        fontEngine = new QWindowsFontEngineDirectWrite(directWriteFontFace,
+                                                       pixelSize,
                                                        fontEngineData);
 
         // Get font family from font data
         fontEngine->fontDef.family = font.familyName();
+        fontEngine->fontDef.hintingPreference = hintingPreference;
 
         directWriteFontFace->Release();
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsfontengine.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsfontengine.cpp
index 4a799af44e..30417f7cee 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsfontengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsfontengine.cpp
@@ -1362,6 +1362,7 @@ QFontEngine *QWindowsMultiFontEngine::loadEngine(int at)
                 if (fontEngine->fontDef.style > QFont::StyleNormal)
                     fedw->fontDef.style = fontEngine->fontDef.style;
                 fedw->fontDef.family = fam;
+                fedw->fontDef.hintingPreference = fontEngine->fontDef.hintingPreference;
                 return fedw;
             } else {
                 qErrnoWarning("%s: CreateFontFace failed", __FUNCTION__);
@@ -1379,6 +1380,7 @@ QFontEngine *QWindowsMultiFontEngine::loadEngine(int at)
     if (fontEngine->fontDef.style > QFont::StyleNormal)
         fe->fontDef.style = fontEngine->fontDef.style;
     fe->fontDef.family = fam;
+    fe->fontDef.hintingPreference = fontEngine->fontDef.hintingPreference;
     return fe;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp
index 75449e22ed..593ac7d810 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ namespace {
 */
 
 QWindowsFontEngineDirectWrite::QWindowsFontEngineDirectWrite(IDWriteFontFace *directWriteFontFace,
-                                               qreal pixelSize,
-                                               const QSharedPointer<QWindowsFontEngineData> &d)
+                                                             qreal pixelSize,
+                                                             const QSharedPointer<QWindowsFontEngineData> &d)
     : QFontEngine(DirectWrite)
     , m_fontEngineData(d)
     , m_directWriteFontFace(directWriteFontFace)
@@ -547,12 +547,17 @@ QImage QWindowsFontEngineDirectWrite::imageForGlyph(glyph_t t,
     transform.m21 = xform.m21();
     transform.m22 = xform.m22();
 
+    DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE renderMode =
+             fontDef.hintingPreference == QFont::PreferNoHinting
+                ? DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_CLEARTYPE_NATURAL_SYMMETRIC
+                : DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_CLEARTYPE_NATURAL;
+
     IDWriteGlyphRunAnalysis *glyphAnalysis = NULL;
     HRESULT hr = m_fontEngineData->directWriteFactory->CreateGlyphRunAnalysis(
                 &glyphRun,
                 1.0f,
                 &transform,
-                DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_CLEARTYPE_NATURAL_SYMMETRIC,
+                renderMode,
                 DWRITE_MEASURING_MODE_NATURAL,
                 0.0, 0.0,
                 &glyphAnalysis
@@ -626,7 +631,8 @@ QImage QWindowsFontEngineDirectWrite::alphaRGBMapForGlyph(glyph_t t,
 QFontEngine *QWindowsFontEngineDirectWrite::cloneWithSize(qreal pixelSize) const
 {
     QFontEngine *fontEngine = new QWindowsFontEngineDirectWrite(m_directWriteFontFace,
-                                                                pixelSize, m_fontEngineData);
+                                                                pixelSize,
+                                                                m_fontEngineData);
 
     fontEngine->fontDef = fontDef;
     fontEngine->fontDef.pixelSize = pixelSize;