diff --git a/gfx/drivers_font_renderer/coretext.c b/gfx/drivers_font_renderer/coretext.c
index bd94b54a9c..d48b144a36 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers_font_renderer/coretext.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers_font_renderer/coretext.c
@@ -253,9 +253,12 @@ static bool coretext_font_renderer_create_atlas(CTFontRef face, ct_font_renderer
 
 static void *font_renderer_ct_init(const char *font_path, float font_size)
 {
-   char err                   = 0;
-   CFStringRef cf_font_path   = NULL;
-   CTFontRef face             = NULL;
+   char err                       = 0;
+   CFStringRef cf_font_path       = NULL;
+   CTFontRef face                 = NULL;
+   CFURLRef url                   = NULL;
+   CGDataProviderRef dataProvider = NULL;
+   CGFontRef theCGFont            = NULL;
    ct_font_renderer_t *handle = (ct_font_renderer_t*)
       calloc(1, sizeof(*handle));
 
@@ -273,7 +276,10 @@ static void *font_renderer_ct_init(const char *font_path, float font_size)
       goto error;
    }
 
-   face = CTFontCreateWithName(cf_font_path, font_size, NULL);
+   url = CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(kCFAllocatorDefault, cf_font_path, kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle, false);
+   dataProvider = CGDataProviderCreateWithURL(url);
+   theCGFont = CGFontCreateWithDataProvider(dataProvider);
+   face = CTFontCreateWithGraphicsFont(theCGFont, font_size, NULL, NULL);
 
    if (!face)
    {
@@ -304,6 +310,21 @@ error:
       CFRelease(face);
       face = NULL;
    }
+   if (url)
+   {
+      CFRelease(url);
+      url = NULL;
+   }
+   if (dataProvider)
+   {
+      CFRelease(dataProvider);
+      dataProvider = NULL;
+   }
+   if (theCGFont)
+   {
+      CFRelease(theCGFont);
+      theCGFont = NULL;
+   }
 
    return handle;
 }