diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/default.nix
index abb93d745a6..28b6b2b85ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/android-studio/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 , writeTextFile
 , xkeyboard_config
 , zlib
+, fontsConf
 }:
 
 let
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ let
           libX11
 
         ]}" \
-        --set QT_XKB_CONFIG_ROOT "${xkeyboard_config}/share/X11/xkb"
+        --set QT_XKB_CONFIG_ROOT "${xkeyboard_config}/share/X11/xkb" \
+        --set FONTCONFIG_FILE ${fontsConf}
     '';
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "https://dl.google.com/dl/android/studio/ide-zips/${version}/android-studio-ide-${build}-linux.zip";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7c4039c374f..a63f419b3e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12323,6 +12323,9 @@ in
   amsn = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/amsn { };
 
   android-studio = callPackage ../applications/editors/android-studio {
+    fontsConf = makeFontsConf {
+      fontDirectories = [];
+    };
   };
 
   antimony = qt5.callPackage ../applications/graphics/antimony {};