diff --git a/src/share/native/sun/font/freetypeScaler.c b/src/share/native/sun/font/freetypeScaler.c
index eadca40262aa9f3f1cd35ebfd4d1280e992dbf15..f9f81fc3ddc3631b9c894f7e1e86782c169eb911 100644
--- a/src/share/native/sun/font/freetypeScaler.c
+++ b/src/share/native/sun/font/freetypeScaler.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include FT_SIZES_H
 #include FT_OUTLINE_H
 #include FT_SYNTHESIS_H
+#include FT_LCD_FILTER_H
 #include FT_MODULE_H
 
 #include "fontscaler.h"
@@ -490,6 +491,8 @@ static int setupFTContext(JNIEnv *env,
         if (errCode == 0) {
             errCode = FT_Activate_Size(scalerInfo->face->size);
         }
+
+        FT_Library_SetLcdFilter(scalerInfo->library, FT_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT);
     }
 
     return errCode;