diff --git a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm
index 8e4c1c07a8..a775f745fd 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm
+++ b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "qfontengine_coretext_p.h"
 #include <QtCore/QSettings>
 #include <QtGui/QGuiApplication>
+#include <QtCore/QtEndian>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -262,6 +263,27 @@ static void getFontDescription(CTFontDescriptorRef font, FontDescription *fd)
     fd->stretch = QFont::Unstretched;
     fd->fixedPitch = false;
 
+    if (QCFType<CTFontRef> tempFont = CTFontCreateWithFontDescriptor(font, 0.0, 0)) {
+        uint length = 0;
+        uint tag = MAKE_TAG('O', 'S', '/', '2');
+        CTFontRef tempFontRef = tempFont;
+        void *userData = reinterpret_cast<void *>(&tempFontRef);
+        if (QCoreTextFontEngine::ct_getSfntTable(userData, tag, 0, &length)) {
+            QVarLengthArray<uchar> os2Table(length);
+            if (length >= 86 && QCoreTextFontEngine::ct_getSfntTable(userData, tag, os2Table.data(), &length)) {
+                quint32 unicodeRange[4] = {
+                        qFromBigEndian<quint32>(os2Table.data() + 42),
+                        qFromBigEndian<quint32>(os2Table.data() + 46),
+                        qFromBigEndian<quint32>(os2Table.data() + 50),
+                        qFromBigEndian<quint32>(os2Table.data() + 54)
+                    };
+                quint32 codePageRange[2] = { qFromBigEndian<quint32>(os2Table.data() + 78),
+                                             qFromBigEndian<quint32>(os2Table.data() + 82) };
+                fd->writingSystems = QPlatformFontDatabase::writingSystemsFromTrueTypeBits(unicodeRange, codePageRange);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     if (styles) {
         if (CFNumberRef weightValue = (CFNumberRef) CFDictionaryGetValue(styles, kCTFontWeightTrait)) {
             double normalizedWeight;
diff --git a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qfontengine_coretext.mm b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qfontengine_coretext.mm
index 6e2c8a2a9a..f96163fc5b 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qfontengine_coretext.mm
+++ b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qfontengine_coretext.mm
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 static float SYNTHETIC_ITALIC_SKEW = tanf(14 * acosf(0) / 90);
 
-static bool ct_getSfntTable(void *user_data, uint tag, uchar *buffer, uint *length)
+bool QCoreTextFontEngine::ct_getSfntTable(void *user_data, uint tag, uchar *buffer, uint *length)
 {
     CTFontRef ctfont = *(CTFontRef *)user_data;
 
diff --git a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qfontengine_coretext_p.h b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qfontengine_coretext_p.h
index b9593b983e..e39f514878 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qfontengine_coretext_p.h
+++ b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/mac/qfontengine_coretext_p.h
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ public:
 #endif
     }
 
+    static bool ct_getSfntTable(void *user_data, uint tag, uchar *buffer, uint *length);
+
     static int antialiasingThreshold;
     static QFontEngine::GlyphFormat defaultGlyphFormat;