diff --git a/src/hb-face.cc b/src/hb-face.cc
index 5469f327c..973baccf7 100644
--- a/src/hb-face.cc
+++ b/src/hb-face.cc
@@ -504,7 +504,37 @@ hb_face_reference_table (const hb_face_t *face,
 hb_blob_t *
 hb_face_reference_blob (hb_face_t *face)
 {
-  return face->reference_table (HB_TAG_NONE);
+  hb_blob_t *blob = face->reference_table (HB_TAG_NONE);
+
+  if (blob == hb_blob_get_empty ())
+  {
+    // If referencing the face blob is not possible (e.g. not implemented by the
+    // font functions), use face builder to create a blob out of individual
+    // table blobs.
+    unsigned total_count = hb_face_get_table_tags (face, 0, nullptr, nullptr);
+    if (total_count)
+    {
+      hb_tag_t tags[10];
+      unsigned count = sizeof (tags) / sizeof (tags[0]);
+      hb_face_t* builder = hb_face_builder_create ();
+
+      for (unsigned offset = 0; offset < total_count; offset += count)
+      {
+        hb_face_get_table_tags (face, offset, &count, tags);
+        for (unsigned i = 0; i < count; i++)
+        {
+          hb_blob_t *table = hb_face_reference_table (face, tags[i]);
+          hb_face_builder_add_table (builder, tags[i], table);
+          hb_blob_destroy (table);
+        }
+      }
+
+      blob = hb_face_reference_blob (builder);
+      hb_face_destroy (builder);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return blob;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/api/test-font.c b/test/api/test-font.c
index c6738b400..9848dae39 100644
--- a/test/api/test-font.c
+++ b/test/api/test-font.c
@@ -82,11 +82,19 @@ free_up (void *user_data)
   (*freed)++;
 }
 
+static hb_tag_t test_tags[] = {
+  HB_TAG ('a','b','c','d'),
+  HB_TAG ('e','f','g','h'),
+};
+
 static hb_blob_t *
 get_table (hb_face_t *face HB_UNUSED, hb_tag_t tag, void *user_data HB_UNUSED)
 {
-  if (tag == HB_TAG ('a','b','c','d'))
-    return hb_blob_create (test_data, sizeof (test_data), HB_MEMORY_MODE_READONLY, NULL, NULL);
+  for (unsigned i = 0; i < sizeof (test_tags) / sizeof (test_tags[0]); i++)
+  {
+    if (test_tags[i] == tag)
+      return hb_blob_create (test_data, sizeof (test_data), HB_MEMORY_MODE_READONLY, NULL, NULL);
+  }
 
   return hb_blob_get_empty ();
 }
@@ -119,6 +127,72 @@ test_face_createfortables (void)
   g_assert (freed);
 }
 
+static unsigned int
+get_table_tags (const hb_face_t *face HB_UNUSED,
+                unsigned int  start_offset,
+                unsigned int *table_count,
+                hb_tag_t     *table_tags,
+                void         *user_data)
+{
+  unsigned count = sizeof (test_tags) / sizeof (test_tags[0]);
+  unsigned end_offset;
+
+  if (!table_count)
+    return count;
+
+  if (start_offset >= count)
+  {
+    *table_count = 0;
+    return count;
+  }
+
+  end_offset = start_offset + *table_count;
+  if (end_offset < start_offset)
+  {
+    *table_count = 0;
+    return count;
+  }
+
+  end_offset = end_offset < count ? end_offset : count;
+
+  *table_count = end_offset - start_offset;
+
+  for (unsigned i = start_offset; i < end_offset; i++)
+    table_tags[i - start_offset] = test_tags[i];
+
+  return count;
+}
+
+static void
+test_face_referenceblob (void)
+{
+  hb_blob_t *blob;
+  hb_face_t *face;
+  int freed = 0;
+
+  face = hb_face_create_for_tables (get_table, &freed, free_up);
+  hb_face_set_get_table_tags_func (face, get_table_tags, NULL, NULL);
+
+  blob = hb_face_reference_blob (face);
+  hb_face_destroy (face);
+
+  g_assert (blob != hb_blob_get_empty ());
+
+  face = hb_face_create (blob, 0);
+  hb_blob_destroy (blob);
+
+  g_assert (face != hb_face_get_empty ());
+  g_assert_cmpuint (hb_face_get_table_tags (face, 0, NULL, NULL), ==, sizeof (test_tags) / sizeof (test_tags[0]));
+  for (unsigned i = 0; i < sizeof (test_tags) / sizeof (test_tags[0]); i++)
+  {
+    hb_blob_t* table = hb_face_reference_table (face, test_tags[i]);
+    g_assert (table != hb_blob_get_empty ());
+    hb_blob_destroy (table);
+  }
+
+  hb_face_destroy (face);
+}
+
 static void
 _test_font_nil_funcs (hb_font_t *font)
 {
@@ -606,6 +680,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   hb_test_add (test_face_empty);
   hb_test_add (test_face_create);
   hb_test_add (test_face_createfortables);
+  hb_test_add (test_face_referenceblob);
 
   hb_test_add (test_fontfuncs_empty);
   hb_test_add (test_fontfuncs_nil);