diff --git a/src/dfb/fontmgr.cpp b/src/dfb/fontmgr.cpp
index 8d94c2300e..1bc84cac58 100644
--- a/src/dfb/fontmgr.cpp
+++ b/src/dfb/fontmgr.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ void wxFontsManager::AddAllFonts()
     {
         wxString dir = tkn.GetNextToken();
 
+        if ( !wxDir::Exists(dir) )
+        {
+            wxLogTrace(_T("font"), _T("font directory %s doesn't exist"), dir);
+            continue;
+        }
+
         wxArrayString indexFiles;
         if ( !wxDir::GetAllFiles(dir, &indexFiles, _T("FontsIndex")) )
             continue;