diff --git a/src/hb-directwrite-shape.cc b/src/hb-directwrite-shape.cc
index c312ed492..e686cf2b8 100644
--- a/src/hb-directwrite-shape.cc
+++ b/src/hb-directwrite-shape.cc
@@ -442,6 +442,44 @@ _hb_directwrite_shape (hb_shape_plan_t    *shape_plan,
     mbstowcs ((wchar_t*) localeName,
 	      hb_language_to_string (buffer->props.language), 20);
 
+  /*
+   * Set up variations.
+   */
+  IDWriteFontFace5 *fontFaceVariations = nullptr;
+  if (font->num_coords)
+  {
+    IDWriteFontFace5 *fontFace5;
+    if (SUCCEEDED (fontFace->QueryInterface (__uuidof (IDWriteFontFace5), (void **) &fontFace5)))
+    {
+      IDWriteFontResource *fontResource;
+      if (SUCCEEDED (fontFace5->GetFontResource (&fontResource)))
+      {
+	hb_vector_t<DWRITE_FONT_AXIS_VALUE> axis_values;
+	if (likely (axis_values.resize_exact (font->num_coords)))
+	{
+	  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < font->num_coords; i++)
+	  {
+	    hb_ot_var_axis_info_t info;
+	    unsigned int c = 1;
+	    hb_ot_var_get_axis_infos (font->face, i, &c, &info);
+	    axis_values[i].axisTag = (DWRITE_FONT_AXIS_TAG) hb_uint32_swap (info.tag);
+	    axis_values[i].value = i < font->num_coords ?
+				   hb_clamp (font->design_coords[i], info.min_value, info.max_value) :
+				   info.default_value;
+	  }
+
+	  if (SUCCEEDED (fontResource->CreateFontFace (DWRITE_FONT_SIMULATIONS::DWRITE_FONT_SIMULATIONS_NONE,
+						       axis_values.arrayZ, axis_values.length, &fontFaceVariations)))
+	  {
+	    fontFace = fontFaceVariations;
+	  }
+	}
+	fontResource->Release ();
+      }
+      fontFace5->Release ();
+    }
+  }
+
   /*
    * Set up features.
    */
@@ -614,6 +652,9 @@ retry_getglyphs:
   delete [] glyphAdvances;
   delete [] glyphOffsets;
 
+  if (fontFaceVariations)
+    fontFaceVariations->Release ();
+
   /* Wow, done! */
   return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/hb-directwrite.cc b/src/hb-directwrite.cc
index 3d2e42990..1dc3a5844 100644
--- a/src/hb-directwrite.cc
+++ b/src/hb-directwrite.cc
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ hb_directwrite_font_create (IDWriteFont *dw_font)
 	{
 	  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < count; ++i)
 	  {
-	    hb_tag_t tag = values[i].axisTag;
+	    hb_tag_t tag = hb_uint32_swap (values[i].axisTag);
 	    float value = values[i].value;
 	    vars[i] = {tag, value};
 	  }
diff --git a/test/shape/data/in-house/tests/directwrite.tests b/test/shape/data/in-house/tests/directwrite.tests
index 48b5bbb33..cb75bc4c9 100644
--- a/test/shape/data/in-house/tests/directwrite.tests
+++ b/test/shape/data/in-house/tests/directwrite.tests
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+@font-funcs-=directwrite
 ../fonts/872d2955d326bd6676a06f66b8238ebbaabc212f.ttf;--shaper=directwrite;U+0628,U+0628,U+0628;[uni0628.fina=2+883|uni0628.medi_High=1+244|uni0628.init_High=0+233]
 ../fonts/7bbd3175734d5d291e1c15271ec0cbb97b626ebf.ttf;--shaper=directwrite;U+0066,U+0066,U+0069;[f_f_i=0+795]
 ../fonts/7bbd3175734d5d291e1c15271ec0cbb97b626ebf.ttf;--shaper=directwrite --features=-liga;U+0066,U+0066,U+0069;[f=0+300|f=1+300|i=2+263]
 ../fonts/7bbd3175734d5d291e1c15271ec0cbb97b626ebf.ttf;--shaper=directwrite;U+0648,U+0628,U+0627;[alef-ar.fina=2+229|beh-ar.init=1+190|waw-ar=0+483]
-../fonts/7bbd3175734d5d291e1c15271ec0cbb97b626ebf.ttf;--shaper=directwrite --features=ss01;U+0648,U+0628,U+0627;[alef-ar.fina=2+229|beh-ar.init.LD=1+190|waw-ar=0+400]
\ No newline at end of file
+../fonts/7bbd3175734d5d291e1c15271ec0cbb97b626ebf.ttf;--shaper=directwrite --features=ss01;U+0648,U+0628,U+0627;[alef-ar.fina=2+229|beh-ar.init.LD=1+190|waw-ar=0+400]
+#../fonts/HBTest-VF.ttf;--shaper=directwrite --variations=TEST=491;U+0041;[A=0+496]
+#../fonts/HBTest-VF.ttf;--shaper=directwrite --variations=TEST=509;U+0041;[A=0+505]
+../fonts/ab40c89624a6104e5d0a2308e448a989302f515b.ttf;--shaper=directwrite --variations=wdth=60;U+0020;[space=0+266]
+../fonts/ab40c89624a6104e5d0a2308e448a989302f515b.ttf;--shaper=directwrite --variations=wdth=402;U+0020;[space=0+639]
+../fonts/e8691822f6a705e3e9fb48a0405c645b1a036590.ttf;--shaper=directwrite --variations=0001=500;U+002E,U+0065;[period=0+681|e=1+650]