diff --git a/gfx/drivers_context/androidegl_ctx.c b/gfx/drivers_context/androidegl_ctx.c
index a313fc5b91..abd4907451 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers_context/androidegl_ctx.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers_context/androidegl_ctx.c
@@ -451,6 +451,18 @@ static bool android_gfx_ctx_get_metrics(void *data,
          if (density[0] == '\0')
             return false;
          dpi    = atoi(density);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STB_FONT
+#ifdef ANDROID
+         /* stb_truetype.h has a bug on Android
+          * where it screws up all font glyphs
+          * if DPI is over 500. So clamp against
+          * 500 for now until we have properly
+          * fixed the bug in stb_truetype.h */
+         if (dpi > 500)
+            dpi = 500;
+#endif
+#endif
          *value = (float)dpi;
          break;
       case DISPLAY_METRIC_NONE: