diff --git a/webrender/src/glyph_rasterizer.rs b/webrender/src/glyph_rasterizer.rs
index 7185d73c62..772c47638f 100644
--- a/webrender/src/glyph_rasterizer.rs
+++ b/webrender/src/glyph_rasterizer.rs
@@ -1076,4 +1076,4 @@ fn request_render_task_from_pathfinder(glyph_key: &GlyphKey,
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "pathfinder")]
-pub struct NativeFontHandleWrapper<'a>(pub &'a NativeFontHandle);
+pub struct NativeFontHandleWrapper<'a>(pub &'a NativeFontHandle);
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diff --git a/webrender/src/platform/windows/font.rs b/webrender/src/platform/windows/font.rs
index 08a6e25f9a..d4c3476d4a 100644
--- a/webrender/src/platform/windows/font.rs
+++ b/webrender/src/platform/windows/font.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ use glyph_rasterizer::{GlyphRasterResult, RasterizedGlyph};
 use internal_types::{FastHashMap, ResourceCacheError};
 use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+#[cfg(feature = "pathfinder")]
+use pathfinder_font_renderer::{PathfinderComPtr, IDWriteFontFace};
+#[cfg(feature = "pathfinder")]
+use glyph_rasterizer::NativeFontHandleWrapper;
 
 lazy_static! {
     static ref DEFAULT_FONT_DESCRIPTOR: dwrote::FontDescriptor = dwrote::FontDescriptor {
@@ -439,3 +443,16 @@ impl FontContext {
         })
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "pathfinder")]
+impl<'a> From<NativeFontHandleWrapper<'a>> for PathfinderComPtr<IDWriteFontFace> {
+    fn from(font_handle: NativeFontHandleWrapper<'a>) -> Self {
+        let system_fc = ::dwrote::FontCollection::system();
+        let font = match system_fc.get_font_from_descriptor(&font_handle.0) {
+            Some(font) => font,
+            None => panic!("missing descriptor {:?}", font_handle.0),
+        };
+        let face = font.create_font_face();
+        PathfinderComPtr::new(face.as_ptr())
+    }
+}
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