diff --git a/src/gui/text/qdistancefield.cpp b/src/gui/text/qdistancefield.cpp
index fe230188c66..33d3589a3ed 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qdistancefield.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qdistancefield.cpp
@@ -839,19 +839,24 @@ QDistanceFieldData *QDistanceFieldData::create(const QSize &size)
     return data;
 }
 
+QDistanceFieldData *QDistanceFieldData::create(QSize size, const QPainterPath &path, bool doubleResolution)
+{
+    QDistanceFieldData *data = create(size);
+    makeDistanceField(data,
+                      path,
+                      QT_DISTANCEFIELD_SCALE(doubleResolution),
+                      QT_DISTANCEFIELD_RADIUS(doubleResolution) / QT_DISTANCEFIELD_SCALE(doubleResolution));
+    return data;
+}
+
+
 QDistanceFieldData *QDistanceFieldData::create(const QPainterPath &path, bool doubleResolution)
 {
     int dfMargin = QT_DISTANCEFIELD_RADIUS(doubleResolution) / QT_DISTANCEFIELD_SCALE(doubleResolution);
     int glyphWidth = qCeil(path.boundingRect().width() / QT_DISTANCEFIELD_SCALE(doubleResolution)) + dfMargin * 2;
     int glyphHeight = qCeil(path.boundingRect().height() / QT_DISTANCEFIELD_SCALE(doubleResolution)) + dfMargin * 2;
 
-    QDistanceFieldData *data = create(QSize(glyphWidth, glyphHeight));
-
-    makeDistanceField(data,
-                      path,
-                      QT_DISTANCEFIELD_SCALE(doubleResolution),
-                      QT_DISTANCEFIELD_RADIUS(doubleResolution) / QT_DISTANCEFIELD_SCALE(doubleResolution));
-    return data;
+    return create(QSize(glyphWidth, glyphHeight), path, doubleResolution);
 }
 
 
@@ -875,6 +880,16 @@ QDistanceField::QDistanceField(QFontEngine *fontEngine, glyph_t glyph, bool doub
     setGlyph(fontEngine, glyph, doubleResolution);
 }
 
+QDistanceField::QDistanceField(QSize size, const QPainterPath &path, glyph_t glyph, bool doubleResolution)
+{
+    QPainterPath dfPath = path;
+    dfPath.translate(-dfPath.boundingRect().topLeft());
+    dfPath.setFillRule(Qt::WindingFill);
+
+    d = QDistanceFieldData::create(size, dfPath, doubleResolution);
+    d->glyph = glyph;
+}
+
 QDistanceField::QDistanceField(const QPainterPath &path, glyph_t glyph, bool doubleResolution)
 {
     QPainterPath dfPath = path;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qdistancefield_p.h b/src/gui/text/qdistancefield_p.h
index dbc7a0abb5c..ec00e5b0f8e 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qdistancefield_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qdistancefield_p.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public:
 
     static QDistanceFieldData *create(const QSize &size);
     static QDistanceFieldData *create(const QPainterPath &path, bool doubleResolution);
+    static QDistanceFieldData *create(QSize size, const QPainterPath &path, bool doubleResolution);
 
     glyph_t glyph;
     int width;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ public:
     QDistanceField(const QRawFont &font, glyph_t glyph, bool doubleResolution = false);
     QDistanceField(QFontEngine *fontEngine, glyph_t glyph, bool doubleResolution = false);
     QDistanceField(const QPainterPath &path, glyph_t glyph, bool doubleResolution = false);
+    QDistanceField(QSize size, const QPainterPath &path, glyph_t glyph, bool doubleResolution = false);
 
     bool isNull() const;