diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
index f45678c65c..f9b36b4852 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ QString QWindowsFontDatabaseBase::familyForStyleHint(QFont::StyleHint styleHint)
     default:
         break;
     }
-    return QStringLiteral("MS Shell Dlg 2");
+    return QStringLiteral("Tahoma");
 }
 
 // Creation functions