diff --git a/src/gui/text/coretext/qfontengine_coretext.mm b/src/gui/text/coretext/qfontengine_coretext.mm
index 599a7f08c30..6cdba2609dc 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/coretext/qfontengine_coretext.mm
+++ b/src/gui/text/coretext/qfontengine_coretext.mm
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <QtGui/qpainterpath.h>
 #include <private/qcoregraphics_p.h>
 #include <private/qimage_p.h>
+#include <private/qguiapplication_p.h>
+#include <qpa/qplatformtheme.h>
 
 #include <cmath>
 
@@ -716,10 +718,12 @@ QImage QCoreTextFontEngine::imageForGlyph(glyph_t glyph, const QFixedPoint &subP
             // draw with white or black fill, and then invert the glyph image in the latter case,
             // producing an alpha map. This covers the most common use-cases, but longer term we
             // should propagate the fill color all the way from the paint engine, and include it
-            //in the key for the glyph cache.
+            // in the key for the glyph cache.
 
-            if (!qt_mac_applicationIsInDarkMode())
-                return kCGColorBlack;
+            if (auto *platformTheme = QGuiApplicationPrivate::platformTheme()) {
+                if (platformTheme->colorScheme() != Qt::ColorScheme::Dark)
+                    return kCGColorBlack;
+            }
         }
         return kCGColorWhite;
     }();
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoatheme.h b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoatheme.h
index a7c37a685c9..90dc45264e4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoatheme.h
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoatheme.h
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ private:
     QMacNotificationObserver m_systemColorObserver;
     mutable QHash<QPlatformTheme::Palette, QPalette*> m_palettes;
     QMacKeyValueObserver m_appearanceObserver;
+
+    Qt::ColorScheme m_colorScheme = Qt::ColorScheme::Unknown;
+    void updateColorScheme();
 };
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoatheme.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoatheme.mm
index ac5bdf0ceb9..56171b6dc24 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoatheme.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/cocoa/qcocoatheme.mm
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ QCocoaTheme::QCocoaTheme()
         NSSystemColorsDidChangeNotification, [this] {
             handleSystemThemeChange();
     });
+
+    updateColorScheme();
 }
 
 QCocoaTheme::~QCocoaTheme()
@@ -242,6 +244,9 @@ void QCocoaTheme::reset()
 void QCocoaTheme::handleSystemThemeChange()
 {
     reset();
+
+    updateColorScheme();
+
     m_systemPalette = qt_mac_createSystemPalette();
     m_palettes = qt_mac_createRolePalettes();
 
@@ -475,7 +480,19 @@ QVariant QCocoaTheme::themeHint(ThemeHint hint) const
 
 Qt::ColorScheme QCocoaTheme::colorScheme() const
 {
-    return qt_mac_applicationIsInDarkMode() ? Qt::ColorScheme::Dark : Qt::ColorScheme::Light;
+    return m_colorScheme;
+}
+
+/*
+    Update the theme's color scheme based on the current appearance.
+
+    We can only reference the appearance on the main thread, but the
+    CoreText font engine needs to know the color scheme, and might be
+    used from secondary threads, so we cache the color scheme.
+*/
+void QCocoaTheme::updateColorScheme()
+{
+    m_colorScheme = qt_mac_applicationIsInDarkMode() ? Qt::ColorScheme::Dark : Qt::ColorScheme::Light;
 }
 
 QString QCocoaTheme::standardButtonText(int button) const