diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft_release.yml b/.github/workflows/draft_release.yml
index 5d299a2c..2e600fa5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/draft_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/draft_release.yml
@@ -349,6 +349,13 @@ jobs:
             mingw-w64-${{ matrix.arch }}-python3-babel
             mingw-w64-${{ matrix.arch }}-python3-watchdog
 
+      - name: Install ghostscript "base 35" fonts
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+        run: |
+          curl -L https://sourceforge.net/projects/gs-fonts/files/latest/download -o gs-fonts.tgz
+          tar czf gs-fonts.tgz
+          mv fonts /${{ matrix.msystem }}/share/
+
       - name: Install python-only dependencies
         run: |
           python3 -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check --upgrade pip
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5cf010d6..ff4ee8cf 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ def gtk_resources():
         pathlib.Path('lib', 'gdk-pixbuf-2.0'),
         pathlib.Path('share', 'poppler'),
         pathlib.Path('share', 'themes'),
+        pathlib.Path('share', 'fonts'),
         pathlib.Path('share', 'icons'),
         pathlib.Path('share', 'glib-2.0'),
         pathlib.Path('share', 'xml')