diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_ft.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_ft.cpp
index f30a39aeccb..e62f5e54b19 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_ft.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_ft.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,21 @@ static int QT_WIN_CALLBACK storeFont(const LOGFONT *logFont, const TEXTMETRIC *t
     return 1;
 }
 
+bool QWindowsFontDatabaseFT::populateFamilyAliases(const QString &missingFamily)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(missingFamily);
+
+    if (m_hasPopulatedAliases)
+        return false;
+
+    QStringList families = QFontDatabase::families();
+    for (const QString &family : families)
+        populateFamily(family);
+    m_hasPopulatedAliases = true;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 /*
     \brief Populates the font database using EnumFontFamiliesEx().
 
diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_ft_p.h b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_ft_p.h
index b908cd54c67..381a7be4e78 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_ft_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_ft_p.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class Q_GUI_EXPORT QWindowsFontDatabaseFT : public QFreeTypeFontDatabase
 {
 public:
     void populateFontDatabase() override;
+    bool populateFamilyAliases(const QString &familyName) override;
     void populateFamily(const QString &familyName) override;
     QFontEngine *fontEngine(const QFontDef &fontDef, void *handle) override;
     QFontEngine *fontEngine(const QByteArray &fontData, qreal pixelSize,
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ public:
 
     QString fontDir() const override;
     QFont defaultFont() const override;
+
+    bool m_hasPopulatedAliases = false;
 };
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE