diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5150c1828..bea49a720 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -456,6 +456,9 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(fontdir,         AS_HELP_STRING([--with-fontdir=FONTDIR], [Path to t
                                 [ FONTDIR="$withval" ],
                                 [ FONTDIR="${libdir}/X11/fonts" ])
 DEFAULT_FONT_PATH="${FONTDIR}/misc/,${FONTDIR}/TTF/,${FONTDIR}/OTF,${FONTDIR}/Type1/,${FONTDIR}/100dpi/,${FONTDIR}/75dpi/"
+case $host_os in
+	darwin*)    DEFAULT_FONT_PATH="${DEFAULT_FONT_PATH},/Library/Fonts,/System/Library/Fonts" ;;
+esac
 AC_ARG_WITH(default-font-path, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-default-font-path=PATH], [Comma separated list of font dirs]),
 				[ FONTPATH="$withval" ],
 				[ FONTPATH="${DEFAULT_FONT_PATH}" ])