diff --git a/vcl/CppunitTest_vcl_fontmetric.mk b/vcl/CppunitTest_vcl_fontmetric.mk
index 70e2386e5f50..5496a75c14f9 100644
--- a/vcl/CppunitTest_vcl_fontmetric.mk
+++ b/vcl/CppunitTest_vcl_fontmetric.mk
@@ -50,4 +50,6 @@ $(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_externals,vcl_fontmetric,\
     harfbuzz \
 ))
 
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_use_more_fonts,vcl_fontmetric))
+
 # vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4:
diff --git a/vcl/qa/cppunit/FontFeatureTest.cxx b/vcl/qa/cppunit/FontFeatureTest.cxx
index 96785f75f42c..eba092140450 100644
--- a/vcl/qa/cppunit/FontFeatureTest.cxx
+++ b/vcl/qa/cppunit/FontFeatureTest.cxx
@@ -35,16 +35,13 @@ public:
 
 void FontFeatureTest::testGetFontFeatures()
 {
-// "Linux Libertine G" is a font bundled with LO, but sometimes the
-// bundled fonts aren't available so we need to disable test in that case
 #if HAVE_MORE_FONTS
     ScopedVclPtrInstance<VirtualDevice> aVDev(*Application::GetDefaultDevice(),
                                               DeviceFormat::DEFAULT, DeviceFormat::DEFAULT);
     aVDev->SetOutputSizePixel(Size(10, 10));
 
     OUString aFontName("Linux Libertine G");
-    if (aVDev->IsFontAvailable(aFontName))
-        return; // Can't test this because the font is not available, so exit
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(aVDev->IsFontAvailable(aFontName));
 
     vcl::Font aFont = aVDev->GetFont();
     aFont.SetFamilyName(aFontName);
diff --git a/vcl/source/outdev/font.cxx b/vcl/source/outdev/font.cxx
index d73d987a56d7..22fd7b4e0d9c 100644
--- a/vcl/source/outdev/font.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/outdev/font.cxx
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ int OutputDevice::GetDevFontCount() const
 
 bool OutputDevice::IsFontAvailable( const OUString& rFontName ) const
 {
+    ImplInitFontList();
     PhysicalFontFamily* pFound = mxFontCollection->FindFontFamily( rFontName );
     return (pFound != nullptr);
 }