diff --git a/net-im/telegram-desktop/Makefile b/net-im/telegram-desktop/Makefile
index ef7de2afa72e..e733053c946d 100644
--- a/net-im/telegram-desktop/Makefile
+++ b/net-im/telegram-desktop/Makefile
@@ -72,13 +72,14 @@ NO_CCACHE=	yes
 # Telegram uses OpenAL for its audio, but libtgvoip (for voice calls) can use PulseAudio or ALSA.
 # It dynamically loads PulseAudio, and if this fails, it loads ALSA.
 # If both of them are not installed, then voice calls do not work, but other functionalities still work.
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		WEBKIT
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	ALSA
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		WEBKIT EMBEDDED_FONTS
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	ALSA EMBEDDED_FONTS
 OPTIONS_MULTI=		AUDIO
 OPTIONS_MULTI_AUDIO=	ALSA PULSEAUDIO
 
 AUDIO_DESC=	Audio backend for voice calls
 WEBKIT_DESC=	WebKit-gtk integration for payments
+EMBEDDED_FONTS_DESC=	Embed default OpenSans fonts bundled by Telegram
 
 ALSA_LIB_DEPENDS=	libasound.so:audio/alsa-lib
 PULSEAUDIO_LIB_DEPENDS=	libpulse.so:audio/pulseaudio
@@ -99,4 +100,8 @@ CC=		${LOCALBASE}/bin/clang${LLVM_VER}
 CXX=		${LOCALBASE}/bin/clang++${LLVM_VER}
 .endif
 
+post-patch-EMBEDDED_FONTS-off:
+	${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -iname '*.ttf' | ${XARGS} -n1 truncate -s0
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} 's/DemiBold/Bold/g' ${WRKSRC}/Telegram/lib_ui/ui/style/style_core_font.cpp
+
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>