diff --git a/include/meson.build b/include/meson.build
index 69aea8095..c64af59f5 100644
--- a/include/meson.build
+++ b/include/meson.build
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ conf_data.set_quoted('SERVER_MISC_CONFIG_PATH', serverconfigdir)
 conf_data.set_quoted('PROJECTROOT', get_option('prefix'))
 conf_data.set_quoted('SYSCONFDIR', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('sysconfdir')))
 conf_data.set_quoted('SUID_WRAPPER_DIR', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libexecdir')))
+conf_data.set_quoted('COMPILEDDEFAULTFONTPATH', default_font_path)
 
-# XXX: Stopped enumerating at COMPILEDEFAULTFONTPATH
 conf_data.set('XORG_VERSION_CURRENT', release)
 
 conf_data.set('HASXDMAUTH', get_option('xdm-auth-1'))
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 47b87b5e6..b39c47e81 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -118,6 +118,22 @@ if xkb_bin_dir == ''
     endif
 endif
 
+dfp = get_option('default_font_path')
+if dfp == ''
+    fontutil_dep = dependency('fontutil')
+    fontrootdir = fontutil_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('fontrootdir')
+    default_font_path = ','.join([
+        join_paths(fontrootdir, 'misc'),
+        join_paths(fontrootdir, 'TTF'),
+        join_paths(fontrootdir, 'OTF'),
+        join_paths(fontrootdir, 'Type1'),
+        join_paths(fontrootdir, '100dpi'),
+        join_paths(fontrootdir, '75dpi'),
+    ])
+else
+    default_font_path = dfp
+endif
+
 hal_option = get_option('hal')
 glamor_option = get_option('glamor')
 
@@ -493,7 +509,7 @@ manpage_config.set('modulepath', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), module_dir))
 # wtf doesn't this work
 # manpage_config.set('suid_wrapper_dir', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), libexecdir))
 manpage_config.set('suid_wrapper_dir', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), 'libexec'))
-manpage_config.set('default_font_path', 'catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d:built-ins')
+manpage_config.set('default_font_path', default_font_path)
 
 # Include must come first, as it sets up dix-config.h
 subdir('include')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index dede8562a..ce1ae80bd 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ option('builder_string', type: 'string', description: 'Additional builder string
 option('log_dir', type: 'string')
 option('module_dir', type: 'string',
        description: 'X.Org modules directory')
+option('default_font_path', type: 'string')
 
 option('glx', type: 'boolean', value: true)
 option('xdmcp', type: 'boolean', value: true)