diff --git a/src/kernel/qfontdatabase_x11.cpp b/src/kernel/qfontdatabase_x11.cpp
index 05bdbb8..5b865e6 100644
--- a/src/kernel/qfontdatabase_x11.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/qfontdatabase_x11.cpp
@@ -1513,13 +1513,25 @@ static double addPatternProps(XftPattern *pattern, const QtFontStyle::Key &key,
       convert the pixel size to a point size and request that.
     */
     double size_value = request.pixelSize;
+    double dpi = QPaintDevice::x11AppDpiY(fp->screen);
     double scale = 1.;
     if ( size_value > MAXFONTSIZE_XFT ) {
 	scale = (double)size_value/(double)MAXFONTSIZE_XFT;
 	size_value = MAXFONTSIZE_XFT;
     }
 
-    size_value = size_value*72./QPaintDevice::x11AppDpiY(fp->screen);
+#ifdef QT_XFT2
+    /*
+     2006-12-28 If QT is not compiled against xft1, there is no need
+     for the workaround above (confirmed). Thus, in addition, add
+     font pixelsize to the pattern to avoid fontconfig making wrong
+     guesses. Also provide a DPI value for fontconfig so it never
+     attempts to fallback to its default.
+    */
+    XftPatternAddDouble(pattern, XFT_PIXEL_SIZE, size_value);
+    XftPatternAddDouble(pattern, XFT_DPI, dpi);
+#endif
+    size_value = size_value*72./dpi;
     XftPatternAddDouble( pattern, XFT_SIZE, size_value );
 
 #ifdef XFT_MATRIX
@@ -1877,6 +1889,11 @@ static QFontEngine *loadFontConfigFont(const QFontPrivate *fp, const QFontDef &r
     FcResult result;
         FcFontSet *fs = 0;
         FcPattern *fsp = 0;
+
+    // Properly conform to fontconfig API. We need to call FcDefaultSubstitute()
+    // before FcFontSort()/FcFontMatch().
+    FcDefaultSubstitute(pattern);
+
         if( use_fontsort ) {
             fs = FcFontSort(0, pattern, FcFalse, 0, &result);
     if (!fs)