diff --git a/fontconfig-use-rachana.patch b/fontconfig-use-rachana.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4fadcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fontconfig-use-rachana.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 13b4ba91353a4ead4623d0133f6eb0283e91b15a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Akira TAGOH <akira@tagoh.org>
+Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 06:34:11 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Use Rachana instead of Meera for Malayalam
+
+Meera is a sans-serif font for Malayalam. that should be substituted for serif.
+---
+ conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf b/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf
+index 54fb974f..1b9de316 100644
+--- a/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf
++++ b/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf
+@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
+ 			<family>Lohit Sindhi</family>
+  			<family>Lohit Punjabi</family>
+  			<family>Lohit Tamil</family>
+-			<family>Meera</family>
++			<family>Rachana</family>
+ 			<family>Lohit Malayalam</family>
+  			<family>Lohit Kannada</family>
+  			<family>Lohit Telugu</family>
+-- 
+2.19.1
+
diff --git a/fontconfig.spec b/fontconfig.spec
index 83efebc..9b8ce17 100644
--- a/fontconfig.spec
+++ b/fontconfig.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary:	Font configuration and customization library
 Name:		fontconfig
 Version:	2.13.1
-Release:	3%{?dist}
+Release:	4%{?dist}
 # src/ftglue.[ch] is in Public Domain
 # src/fccache.c contains Public Domain code
 # fc-case/CaseFolding.txt is in the UCD
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Source2:	fc-cache
 Patch0:		%{name}-sleep-less.patch
 Patch1:		%{name}-required-freetype-version.patch
 Patch2:		%{name}-stop-cleanup-uuid.patch
+Patch3:		%{name}-use-rachana.patch
 
 BuildRequires:	expat-devel
 BuildRequires:	freetype-devel >= %{freetype_version}
@@ -168,6 +169,9 @@ HOME=/root /usr/bin/fc-cache -s
 %doc fontconfig-devel.txt fontconfig-devel
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 13 2018 Akira TAGOH <tagoh@redhat.com> - 2.13.1-4
+- Use Rachana instead of Meera for serif subsitution. (#1649184)
+
 * Wed Nov 07 2018 Akira TAGOH <tagoh@redhat.com> - 2.13.1-3
 - Stop cleaning up .uuid file even when a directory is empty.