diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
index b5e09970153..36d8da0ce8b 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -651,6 +651,21 @@ static int QT_WIN_CALLBACK storeFont(const LOGFONT *logFont, const TEXTMETRIC *t
     return 1;
 }
 
+bool QWindowsFontDatabase::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;
+}
+
 void QWindowsFontDatabase::populateFamily(const QString &familyName)
 {
     qCDebug(lcQpaFonts) << familyName;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_p.h b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_p.h
index b870d6c4a0e..b4b367b1e77 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase_p.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public:
 
     void populateFontDatabase() override;
     void populateFamily(const QString &familyName) override;
+    bool populateFamilyAliases(const QString &missingFamily) override;
     QFontEngine *fontEngine(const QFontDef &fontDef, void *handle) override;
     QFontEngine *fontEngine(const QByteArray &fontData, qreal pixelSize, QFont::HintingPreference hintingPreference) override;
     QStringList fallbacksForFamily(const QString &family, QFont::Style style, QFont::StyleHint styleHint, QChar::Script script) const override;
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ private:
 
     static unsigned m_fontOptions;
     QStringList m_eudcFonts;
+    bool m_hasPopulatedAliases = false;
 };
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_DEBUG_STREAM