diff --git a/qt-font-default-subst.diff b/qt-font-default-subst.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e286f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt-font-default-subst.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+--- src/kernel/qfontdatabase_x11.cpp
++++ src/kernel/qfontdatabase_x11.cpp
+@@ -1589,15 +1589,6 @@ QFontEngine *loadEngine( QFont::Script s
+ 	    if (script == QFont::Latin)
+ 		// add Euro character
+ 		FcCharSetAddChar(cs, 0x20ac);
+-	    if (script == QFont::Han_SimplifiedChinese)
+-		FcCharSetAddChar(cs, 0x3400);
+-	    if (script == QFont::Han_TraditionalChinese){
+-		FcCharSetAddChar(cs, 0x3435);
+-		FcCharSetAddChar(cs, 0xE000);
+-		FcCharSetAddChar(cs, 0xF6B1);
+-	    }
+-	    if (script == QFont::MiscellaneousSymbols)
+-		FcCharSetAddChar(cs, 0x2714);
+ 	    FcPatternAddCharSet(pattern, FC_CHARSET, cs);
+ 	    FcCharSetDestroy(cs);
+ 	}
+@@ -1813,7 +1804,11 @@ static QFontEngine *loadFontConfigFont(c
+     FcPatternPrint(pattern);
+ #endif
+ 
++    // XftFontMatch calls the right ConfigSubstitute variants, but as we use
++    // FcFontMatch/Sort here we have to do it manually.
+     FcConfigSubstitute(0, pattern, FcMatchPattern);
++    XftDefaultSubstitute(QPaintDevice::x11AppDisplay(), QPaintDevice::x11AppScreen(), pattern);
++
+ //     qDebug("1: pattern contains:");
+ //     FcPatternPrint(pattern);
+ 
+@@ -1847,10 +1842,6 @@ static QFontEngine *loadFontConfigFont(c
+ 	    value.u.s = (const FcChar8 *)cs.data();
+ 	    FcPatternAddWeak(pattern, FC_FAMILY, value, FcTrue);
+ 	}
+-#ifdef FONT_MATCH_DEBUG
+-	printf("final pattern contains:\n");
+-	FcPatternPrint(pattern);
+-#endif
+     }
+ 
+     if (script != QFont::Unicode) {
+@@ -1860,19 +1851,15 @@ static QFontEngine *loadFontConfigFont(c
+         if (script == QFont::Latin)
+             // add Euro character
+             FcCharSetAddChar(cs, 0x20ac);
+-	if (script == QFont::Han_SimplifiedChinese)
+-	    FcCharSetAddChar(cs, 0x3400);
+-	if (script == QFont::Han_TraditionalChinese) {
+-	    FcCharSetAddChar(cs, 0x3435);
+-	    FcCharSetAddChar(cs, 0xE000);
+-	    FcCharSetAddChar(cs, 0xF6B1);
+-	}
+-	if (script == QFont::MiscellaneousSymbols)
+-	    FcCharSetAddChar(cs, 0x2714);
+         FcPatternAddCharSet(pattern, FC_CHARSET, cs);
+         FcCharSetDestroy(cs);
+     }
+ 
++#ifdef FONT_MATCH_DEBUG
++	printf("final pattern contains:\n");
++	FcPatternPrint(pattern);
++#endif
++
+     QFontEngine *fe = 0;
+ 
+     for( int jj = (FcGetVersion() >= 20392 ? 0 : 1); jj < 2; ++jj ) {
+--- src/kernel/qfontdatabase.cpp
++++ src/kernel/qfontdatabase.cpp
+@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static const unsigned short sample_chars
+     // GeometricSymbols,
+     { 0x2500, 0x0 },
+     // MiscellaneousSymbols,
+-    { 0x2640, 0x0 },
++    { 0x2640, 0x2714, 0x0 },
+     // EnclosedAndSquare,
+     { 0x2460, 0x0 },
+     // Braille,
diff --git a/qt.spec b/qt.spec
index 55a8b89..d49cb44 100644
--- a/qt.spec
+++ b/qt.spec
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Patch100: 0038-dragobject-dont-prefer-unknown.patch
 Patch101: 0047-fix-kmenu-width.diff
 Patch102: 0048-qclipboard_hack_80072.patch
 Patch103: 0056-khotkeys_input_84434.patch
+Patch104: qt-font-default-subst.diff
 
 # upstream patches
 Patch200: qt-x11-free-3.3.4-fullscreen.patch
@@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ for the Qt toolkit.
 %patch101 -p0 -b .0047-fix-kmenu-width
 %patch102 -p0 -b .0048-qclipboard_hack_80072
 %patch103 -p0 -b .0056-khotkeys_input_84434
+%patch104 -p0 -b .qt-font-default-subst
 %patch200 -p1 -b .fullscreen
 
 # convert to UTF-8