diff --git a/components/gfx/font_context.rs b/components/gfx/font_context.rs
index e439d482f64..34e92b21540 100644
--- a/components/gfx/font_context.rs
+++ b/components/gfx/font_context.rs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ impl FontContext {
// so they will never be released. Find out a good time to drop them.
let desc = FontTemplateDescriptor::new(style.font_weight,
- style.font_style == font_style::T::italic);
+ style.font_style == font_style::T::italic || style.font_style == font_style::T::oblique);
let mut fonts = SmallVec8::new();
for family in style.font_family.iter() {
diff --git a/tests/ref/basic.list b/tests/ref/basic.list
index 3587b59e181..f4af79d356f 100644
--- a/tests/ref/basic.list
+++ b/tests/ref/basic.list
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
# text_decoration_propagation_a.html text_decoration_propagation_b.html
# inline_text_align_a.html inline_text_align_b.html
== font_size.html font_size_ref.html
+== font_style.html font_style_ref.html
== img_size_a.html img_size_b.html
== img_dynamic_remove.html img_dynamic_remove_ref.html
== upper_id_attr.html upper_id_attr_ref.html
diff --git a/tests/ref/font_style.html b/tests/ref/font_style.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18c67976c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ref/font_style.html
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+This is a paragraph, normal.
+This is a paragraph, italic(oblique).
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/ref/font_style_ref.html b/tests/ref/font_style_ref.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..023dc14f501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ref/font_style_ref.html
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+This is a paragraph, normal.
+This is a paragraph, italic(oblique).
+
+
+
+