diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
index a6df42da95..d05410cf5f 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase.cpp
@@ -751,6 +751,13 @@ IDWriteFontFace *QWindowsFontDatabaseBase::createDirectWriteFace(const QByteArra
 }
 #endif // directwrite && direct2d
 
+QFontEngine *QWindowsFontDatabaseBase::fontEngine(const QFontDef &fontDef, void *handle)
+{
+    // This function was apparently not used before, and probably isn't now either,
+    // call the base implementation which just prints that it's not supported.
+    return QPlatformFontDatabase::fontEngine(fontDef, handle);
+}
+
 QFontEngine *QWindowsFontDatabaseBase::fontEngine(const QByteArray &fontData, qreal pixelSize, QFont::HintingPreference hintingPreference)
 {
     QFontEngine *fontEngine = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase_p.h b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase_p.h
index d192c62d7f..1451eed051 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabasebase_p.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public:
     QWindowsFontDatabaseBase();
     ~QWindowsFontDatabaseBase() override;
 
+    QFontEngine *fontEngine(const QFontDef &fontDef, void *handle) override;
     QFontEngine *fontEngine(const QByteArray &fontData, qreal pixelSize, QFont::HintingPreference hintingPreference) override;
 
     static int defaultVerticalDPI();