diff --git a/macos/fonts.conf b/macos/fonts.conf
index 0004ec172..6bee5970c 100644
--- a/macos/fonts.conf
+++ b/macos/fonts.conf
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
     <dir>/Library/Application Support/TuxPaint/fonts</dir>
     <dir>/Library/Application Support/TuxPaint/fonts/locale</dir>
 
+    <dir>/Library/Fonts</dir>
+    <dir>/Network/Library/Fonts</dir>
+    <dir>/System/Library/Fonts</dir>
+
 <!--
   Accept deprecated 'mono' alias, replacing it with 'monospace'
 -->
diff --git a/src/tuxpaint.c b/src/tuxpaint.c
index 420ed1773..6ed2e005c 100644
--- a/src/tuxpaint.c
+++ b/src/tuxpaint.c
@@ -30418,6 +30418,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   printf("Tux Paint log - %s\n", logTime);
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__MACOS__)
+  /* Pango uses Fontconfig which requires /opt/local/etc/fonts/fonts.conf. This
+   * file may not exist on the runtime system, however, so we copy the file
+   * into our app bundle at compile time, and tell Fontconfig here to look for
+   * the file within the app bundle. */
+  putenv((char *)"FONTCONFIG_PATH=Resources/etc");
+#endif
+
   chdir_to_binary(argv[0]);
   setup_config(argv);
 
@@ -30436,14 +30444,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   CLOCK_ASM(time2);
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__MACOS__)
-  /* Pango uses Fontconfig which requires /opt/local/etc/fonts/fonts.conf. This
-   * file may not exist on the runtime system, however, so we copy the file
-   * into our app bundle at compile time, and tell Fontconfig here to look for
-   * the file within the app bundle. */
-  putenv((char *)"FONTCONFIG_PATH=Resources/etc");
-#endif
-
 #if defined(FC_DEBUG)
   /*
    * Enable fontconfig debugging. See "debug.h"