diff --git a/dox/text.c b/dox/text.c
index 281a4acc..fa1a3c20 100644
--- a/dox/text.c
+++ b/dox/text.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ TextStateLoadFont(TextState * ts)
 	  {
 	     *ss = ' ';
 	     word(s2, 1, w);
-	     sprintf(s, "%s/%s.ttf", docdir, w);
+	     sprintf(s, "%s.ttf", w);
 	     word(s2, 2, w);
 	     ts->efont = Efont_load(s, atoi(w));
 	     if (ts->efont)
diff --git a/dox/ttfont.c b/dox/ttfont.c
index af22dc19..090fbc76 100644
--- a/dox/ttfont.c
+++ b/dox/ttfont.c
@@ -78,10 +78,19 @@ Efont_free(Efont * f)
 Efont              *
 Efont_load(const char *file, int size)
 {
+   static char         fp_set = 0;
    char                s[4096];
    Efont              *f;
    Imlib_Font          ff;
 
+   if (!fp_set)
+     {
+	imlib_add_path_to_font_path(docdir);
+	sprintf(s, "%s/../ttfonts", docdir);
+	imlib_add_path_to_font_path(s);
+	fp_set = 1;
+     }
+
    Esnprintf(s, sizeof(s), "%s/%d", file, size);
    ff = imlib_load_font(s);
    if (ff == NULL)