diff --git a/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp b/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp
index a9eea5d814..534196f551 100644
--- a/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp
+++ b/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp
@@ -2037,6 +2037,11 @@ void wxStyledTextCtrl::StyleSetSpec(int styleNum, const wxString& spec) {
 // Set style size, face, bold, italic, and underline attributes from
 // a wxFont's attributes.
 void wxStyledTextCtrl::StyleSetFont(int styleNum, wxFont& font) {
+#ifdef __WXGTK__
+    // Ensure that the native font is initialized
+    int x, y;
+    GetTextExtent(wxT("X"), &x, &y, NULL, NULL, &font);
+#endif
     int      size     = font.GetPointSize();
     wxString faceName = font.GetFaceName();
     bool     bold     = font.GetWeight() == wxBOLD;
diff --git a/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp.in b/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp.in
index 60360d977e..c339d40d8f 100644
--- a/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp.in
+++ b/contrib/src/stc/stc.cpp.in
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ void wxStyledTextCtrl::StyleSetSpec(int styleNum, const wxString& spec) {
 // Set style size, face, bold, italic, and underline attributes from
 // a wxFont's attributes.
 void wxStyledTextCtrl::StyleSetFont(int styleNum, wxFont& font) {
+#ifdef __WXGTK__
+    // Ensure that the native font is initialized
+    int x, y;
+    GetTextExtent(wxT("X"), &x, &y, NULL, NULL, &font);
+#endif
     int      size     = font.GetPointSize();
     wxString faceName = font.GetFaceName();
     bool     bold     = font.GetWeight() == wxBOLD;