diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
index b89b7e109a0e25ab455f412d604639db81ee99e8..0f9f8c9e22191b65d3e26846236a3b101867705f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
@@ -382,8 +382,7 @@ void FontSettingsPage::updatePointSizes()
             oldSize = d_ptr->m_value.fontSize();
         d_ptr->ui.sizeComboBox->clear();
     }
-    QFontDatabase db;
-    const QList<int> sizeLst = db.pointSizes(d_ptr->ui.familyComboBox->currentText());
+    const QList<int> sizeLst = pointSizesForSelectedFont();
     int idx = 0;
     int i = 0;
     for (; i < sizeLst.count(); ++i) {
@@ -395,6 +394,23 @@ void FontSettingsPage::updatePointSizes()
         d_ptr->ui.sizeComboBox->setCurrentIndex(idx);
 }
 
+QList<int> FontSettingsPage::pointSizesForSelectedFont() const
+{
+    QFontDatabase db;
+    const QString familyName = d_ptr->ui.familyComboBox->currentText();
+    QList<int> sizeLst = db.pointSizes(familyName);
+    if (!sizeLst.isEmpty())
+        return sizeLst;
+
+    QStringList styles = db.styles(familyName);
+    if (!styles.isEmpty())
+        sizeLst = db.pointSizes(familyName, styles.first());
+    if (sizeLst.isEmpty())
+        sizeLst = QFontDatabase::standardSizes();
+
+    return sizeLst;
+}
+
 void FontSettingsPage::fontSizeSelected(const QString &sizeString)
 {
     bool ok = true;
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.h
index d7255579780031ce8ebc2af27672ddb708ce4ca6..9269d6bcac20b1a82d8b9fd9a043444a129d09d3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 #include "texteditoroptionspage.h"
 
+#include <QtCore/QList>
 #include <QtCore/QString>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ private slots:
 private:
     void maybeSaveColorScheme();
     void updatePointSizes();
+    QList<int> pointSizesForSelectedFont() const;
     void refreshColorSchemeList();
 
     Internal::FontSettingsPagePrivate *d_ptr;