diff --git a/src/gui/text/coretext/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm b/src/gui/text/coretext/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm
index fc551cdba76..1877a5b5509 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/coretext/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm
+++ b/src/gui/text/coretext/qcoretextfontdatabase.mm
@@ -1032,6 +1032,11 @@ QList<int> QCoreTextFontDatabase::standardSizes() const
     return ret;
 }
 
+bool QCoreTextFontDatabase::supportsColrv0Fonts() const
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool QCoreTextFontDatabase::supportsVariableApplicationFonts() const
 {
     return true;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/coretext/qcoretextfontdatabase_p.h b/src/gui/text/coretext/qcoretextfontdatabase_p.h
index 5c8a6ad3b74..3cc3486acdb 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/coretext/qcoretextfontdatabase_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/coretext/qcoretextfontdatabase_p.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public:
     bool fontsAlwaysScalable() const override;
     QList<int> standardSizes() const override;
     bool supportsVariableApplicationFonts() const override;
+    bool supportsColrv0Fonts() const override;
 
     // For iOS and macOS platform themes
     QFont *themeFont(QPlatformTheme::Font) const;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/freetype/qfreetypefontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/freetype/qfreetypefontdatabase.cpp
index 66c6a510e5d..084b44692f6 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/freetype/qfreetypefontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/freetype/qfreetypefontdatabase.cpp
@@ -355,6 +355,15 @@ QStringList QFreeTypeFontDatabase::addTTFile(const QByteArray &fontData, const Q
     return families;
 }
 
+bool QFreeTypeFontDatabase::supportsColrv0Fonts() const
+{
+#if (FREETYPE_MAJOR*10000 + FREETYPE_MINOR*100 + FREETYPE_PATCH) >= 21000
+    return true;
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 bool QFreeTypeFontDatabase::supportsVariableApplicationFonts() const
 {
 #if (FREETYPE_MAJOR*10000 + FREETYPE_MINOR*100 + FREETYPE_PATCH) >= 20900
diff --git a/src/gui/text/freetype/qfreetypefontdatabase_p.h b/src/gui/text/freetype/qfreetypefontdatabase_p.h
index bc5cdbffa9f..176ab4d97cb 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/freetype/qfreetypefontdatabase_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/freetype/qfreetypefontdatabase_p.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public:
     QStringList addApplicationFont(const QByteArray &fontData, const QString &fileName, QFontDatabasePrivate::ApplicationFont *applicationFont = nullptr) override;
     void releaseHandle(void *handle) override;
     bool supportsVariableApplicationFonts() const override;
+    bool supportsColrv0Fonts() const override;
 
     static void addNamedInstancesForFace(void *face, int faceIndex,
                                          const QString &family, const QString &styleName,
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.cpp
index 381431ac4e9..314df8152c6 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -657,6 +657,15 @@ bool QPlatformFontDatabase::supportsVariableApplicationFonts() const
     return false;
 }
 
+/*!
+    Returns true if this font database supports loading color fonts in the COLRv0 format.
+
+    \since 6.9
+*/
+bool QPlatformFontDatabase::supportsColrv0Fonts() const
+{
+    return false;
+}
 
 /*!
     \class QPlatformFontDatabase
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.h b/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.h
index 407ecbc27c1..3d871a44687 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qplatformfontdatabase.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public:
     virtual QList<int> standardSizes() const;
 
     virtual bool supportsVariableApplicationFonts() const;
+    virtual bool supportsColrv0Fonts() const;
 
     // helper
     static QSupportedWritingSystems writingSystemsFromTrueTypeBits(quint32 unicodeRange[4], quint32 codePageRange[2]);
diff --git a/src/gui/text/unix/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/unix/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
index de6618fc3f5..20794ed1453 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/unix/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/unix/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static void populateFromPattern(FcPattern *pattern,
 
     FcBool colorFont = false;
 #ifdef FC_COLOR
-    FcPatternGetBool(pattern, FC_COLOR, 1, &colorFont);
+    FcPatternGetBool(pattern, FC_COLOR, 0, &colorFont);
 #endif
 
     // Note: stretch should really be an int but registerFont incorrectly uses an enum
@@ -576,6 +576,9 @@ void QFontconfigDatabase::populateFontDatabase()
             FC_WIDTH, FC_FAMILYLANG,
 #if FC_VERSION >= 20297
             FC_CAPABILITY,
+#endif
+#if defined(FC_COLOR)
+            FC_COLOR,
 #endif
             (const char *)nullptr
         };
diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
index 73814c6a634..f6c36e1cb42 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -1292,4 +1292,9 @@ bool QWindowsFontDatabase::isPrivateFontFamily(const QString &family) const
     return m_eudcFonts.contains(family) || QPlatformFontDatabase::isPrivateFontFamily(family);
 }
 
+bool QWindowsFontDatabase::supportsColrv0Fonts() const
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_p.h b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_p.h
index 926287264f6..92e3f04f968 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_p.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public:
     void populateFontDatabase() override;
     void invalidate() override;
     void removeApplicationFonts();
+    bool supportsColrv0Fonts() const override;
 
     void populateFamily(const QString &familyName) override;
     bool populateFamilyAliases(const QString &missingFamily) override;
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontdatabase/tst_qfontdatabase.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontdatabase/tst_qfontdatabase.cpp
index d24b37732c5..56ecccc20f9 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontdatabase/tst_qfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/text/qfontdatabase/tst_qfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -769,6 +769,12 @@ void tst_QFontDatabase::addApplicationFontFallback()
 
 void tst_QFontDatabase::addApplicationEmojiFontFamily()
 {
+    {
+        QPlatformFontDatabase *pfdb = QGuiApplicationPrivate::platformIntegration()->fontDatabase();
+        if (!pfdb->supportsColrv0Fonts())
+            QSKIP("This test depends on COLRv0 support.");
+    }
+
     int id = -1;
     auto cleanup = qScopeGuard([&id] {
         if (id >= 0)