diff --git a/src/fontcache/freetypefontcache.cpp b/src/fontcache/freetypefontcache.cpp
--- a/src/fontcache/freetypefontcache.cpp
+++ b/src/fontcache/freetypefontcache.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ void LoadFreeTypeFont(FontSize fs)
 	FT_Face face = nullptr;
 
 	/* If font is an absolute path to a ttf, try loading that first. */
-	FT_Error error = FT_New_Face(_library, font_name, 0, &face);
+	int32_t index = 0;
+	if (settings->os_handle != nullptr) index = *static_cast<const int32_t *>(settings->os_handle);
+	FT_Error error = FT_New_Face(_library, font_name, index, &face);
 
 	if (error != FT_Err_Ok) {
 		/* Check if font is a relative filename in one of our search-paths. */
diff --git a/src/os/unix/font_unix.cpp b/src/os/unix/font_unix.cpp
--- a/src/os/unix/font_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/os/unix/font_unix.cpp
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ bool SetFallbackFont(FontCacheSettings *
 
 	/* First create a pattern to match the wanted language. */
 	FcPattern *pat = FcNameParse((const FcChar8 *)lang.c_str());
-	/* We only want to know the filename. */
-	FcObjectSet *os = FcObjectSetBuild(FC_FILE, FC_SPACING, FC_SLANT, FC_WEIGHT, nullptr);
+	/* We only want to know these attributes. */
+	FcObjectSet *os = FcObjectSetBuild(FC_FILE, FC_INDEX, FC_SPACING, FC_SLANT, FC_WEIGHT, nullptr);
 	/* Get the list of filenames matching the wanted language. */
 	FcFontSet *fs = FcFontList(nullptr, pat, os);
 
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ bool SetFallbackFont(FontCacheSettings *
 	if (fs != nullptr) {
 		int best_weight = -1;
 		const char *best_font = nullptr;
+		int best_index = 0;
 
 		for (int i = 0; i < fs->nfont; i++) {
 			FcPattern *font = fs->fonts[i];
@@ -146,7 +147,12 @@ bool SetFallbackFont(FontCacheSettings *
 			FcPatternGetInteger(font, FC_WEIGHT, 0, &value);
 			if (value <= best_weight) continue;
 
-			callback->SetFontNames(settings, (const char *)file);
+			/* Possible match based on attributes, get index. */
+			int32_t index;
+			res = FcPatternGetInteger(font, FC_INDEX, 0, &index);
+			if (res != FcResultMatch) continue;
+
+			callback->SetFontNames(settings, (const char *)file, &index);
 
 			bool missing = callback->FindMissingGlyphs();
 			Debug(fontcache, 1, "Font \"{}\" misses{} glyphs", (char *)file, missing ? "" : " no");
@@ -154,12 +160,13 @@ bool SetFallbackFont(FontCacheSettings *
 			if (!missing) {
 				best_weight = value;
 				best_font = (const char *)file;
+				best_index = index;
 			}
 		}
 
 		if (best_font != nullptr) {
 			ret = true;
-			callback->SetFontNames(settings, best_font);
+			callback->SetFontNames(settings, best_font, &best_index);
 			InitFontCache(callback->Monospace());
 		}