diff --git a/lib/wibox/widget/textbox.lua b/lib/wibox/widget/textbox.lua
index 039cda3bf..43b5b6179 100644
--- a/lib/wibox/widget/textbox.lua
+++ b/lib/wibox/widget/textbox.lua
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ local function new(text, ignore_markup)
     ret:set_wrap("word_char")
     ret:set_valign("center")
     ret:set_align("left")
-    ret:set_font()
+    ret:set_font(beautiful and beautiful.font)
 
     if text then
         if ignore_markup then