diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/systeminfo.cpp b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/systeminfo.cpp
index c1bb35ab4d..b493168699 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/systeminfo.cpp
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/systeminfo.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ const static struct {
     { SystemInfo::BleedingUrl,          "bleeding_url",         "" },
     { SystemInfo::BootloaderUrl,        "bootloader_url",       "" },
     { SystemInfo::BootloaderInfoUrl,    "bootloader_info_url",  "" },
-    { SystemInfo::FontUrl,              "font_url",             "" },
+    { SystemInfo::ReleaseFontUrl,       "release_font_url",     "" },
+    { SystemInfo::DailyFontUrl,         "daily_font_url",       "" },
     { SystemInfo::DailyVoiceUrl,        "daily_voice_url",      "" },
     { SystemInfo::ReleaseVoiceUrl,      "release_voice_url",    "" },
     { SystemInfo::DoomUrl,              "doom_url",             "" },
diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/systeminfo.h b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/systeminfo.h
index 5e5b60770a..214e423a51 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/systeminfo.h
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/systeminfo.h
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ class SystemInfo : public QObject
             BleedingUrl,
             BootloaderUrl,
             BootloaderInfoUrl,
-            FontUrl,
+            DailyUrl,
+            DailyFontUrl,
             DailyVoiceUrl,
             DoomUrl,
             ReleaseUrl,
             ReleaseVoiceUrl,
-            DailyUrl,
+            ReleaseFontUrl,
             ServerConfUrl,
             GenlangUrl,
             ThemesUrl,
diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbutil.ini b/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbutil.ini
index 273486fc2a..8f1591ac9c 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbutil.ini
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbutil.ini
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ themes_info_url=http://themes.rockbox.org/rbutilqt.php?target=%TARGET%&release=%
 ; server information
 server_conf_url=http://download.rockbox.org/daily/build-info
 bleeding_info=http://build.rockbox.org/cvsmod/build-info
-font_url=http://download.rockbox.org/daily/fonts/rockbox-fonts.zip
+
+; fonts
+release_font_url=http://download.rockbox.org/release/%RELEASEVER%/rockbox-fonts-%RELEASEVER%.zip
+daily_font_url=http://download.rockbox.org/daily/fonts/rockbox-fonts.zip
 
 ; other
 manual_url=http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual
diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbutilqt.cpp b/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbutilqt.cpp
index d503da00e4..4485bacaec 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbutilqt.cpp
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/rbutilqt.cpp
@@ -798,6 +798,15 @@ void RbUtilQt::installBootloaderPost(bool error)
 void RbUtilQt::installFontsBtn()
 {
     if(chkConfig(true)) return;
+    QString mountpoint = RbSettings::value(RbSettings::Mountpoint).toString();
+    RockboxInfo installInfo(mountpoint);
+    if(installInfo.revision().isEmpty() && installInfo.release().isEmpty()) {
+        QMessageBox::critical(this, tr("No Rockbox installation found"),
+                tr("Could not determine the installed Rockbox version. "
+                    "Please install a Rockbox build before installing "
+                    "fonts."));
+        return;
+    }
     if(QMessageBox::question(this, tr("Confirm Installation"),
            tr("Do you really want to install the fonts package?"),
               QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No) != QMessageBox::Yes) return;
@@ -816,13 +825,28 @@ bool RbUtilQt::installFontsAuto()
 
 void RbUtilQt::installFonts()
 {
+    QString mountpoint = RbSettings::value(RbSettings::Mountpoint).toString();
+    RockboxInfo installInfo(mountpoint);
+    QString fontsurl;
+    QString logversion;
+    QString relversion = installInfo.release();
+    if(relversion.isEmpty()) {
+        // release is empty for non-release versions (i.e. daily / current)
+        fontsurl = SystemInfo::value(SystemInfo::DailyFontUrl).toString();
+        logversion = installInfo.revision();
+    }
+    else {
+        fontsurl = SystemInfo::value(SystemInfo::ReleaseFontUrl).toString();
+        logversion = installInfo.release();
+    }
+    fontsurl.replace("%RELEASEVER%", relversion);
+
     // create zip installer
     installer = new ZipInstaller(this);
-
-    installer->setUrl(SystemInfo::value(SystemInfo::FontUrl).toString());
+    installer->setUrl(fontsurl);
     installer->setLogSection("Fonts");
-    installer->setLogVersion(ServerInfo::value(ServerInfo::DailyDate).toString());
-    installer->setMountPoint(RbSettings::value(RbSettings::Mountpoint).toString());
+    installer->setLogVersion(logversion);
+    installer->setMountPoint(mountpoint);
     if(!RbSettings::value(RbSettings::CacheDisabled).toBool())
         installer->setCache(true);