diff --git a/util/helper-cairo-user.hh b/util/helper-cairo-user.hh
index b4ca8f9e2..f115d7be1 100644
--- a/util/helper-cairo-user.hh
+++ b/util/helper-cairo-user.hh
@@ -350,12 +350,21 @@ render_color_glyph (cairo_scaled_font_t  *scaled_font,
 {
   hb_font_t *font = (hb_font_t *) (cairo_font_face_get_user_data (cairo_scaled_font_get_font_face (scaled_font),
 								  &_hb_font_cairo_user_data_key));
+  hb_color_t color = HB_COLOR (0, 0, 0, 255);
+  cairo_pattern_t *pattern = cairo_get_source (cr);
+
+  if (cairo_pattern_get_type (pattern) == CAIRO_PATTERN_TYPE_SOLID)
+  {
+    double r, g, b, a;
+    cairo_pattern_get_rgba (pattern, &r, &g, &b, &a);
+    color = HB_COLOR ((int)(b * 255.), (int)(g * 255.), (int) (r * 255.), (int)(a * 255.));
+  }
 
   hb_position_t x_scale, y_scale;
   hb_font_get_scale (font, &x_scale, &y_scale);
   cairo_scale (cr, +1./x_scale, -1./y_scale);
 
-  hb_font_paint_glyph (font, glyph, get_cairo_paint_funcs (), cr, 0, HB_COLOR (0, 0, 0, 255));
+  hb_font_paint_glyph (font, glyph, get_cairo_paint_funcs (), cr, 0, color);
 
   hb_glyph_extents_t hb_extents;
   hb_font_get_glyph_extents (font, glyph, &hb_extents);