diff --git a/66-sil-abyssinica.conf b/66-sil-abyssinica.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..805074e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/66-sil-abyssinica.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "../fonts.dtd">
+<fontconfig>
+	<!-- Generic names -->
+	<alias>
+		<family>Abyssinica SIL</family>
+		<default>
+			<family>serif</family>
+		</default>
+	</alias>
+	<!-- Simple priority lists -->
+	<alias>
+		<family>serif</family>
+		<prefer>
+			<family>Abyssinica SIL</family>
+		</prefer>
+	</alias>
+</fontconfig>
+
diff --git a/sil-abyssinica-fonts.spec b/sil-abyssinica-fonts.spec
index f9ada80..8c1c5c4 100644
--- a/sil-abyssinica-fonts.spec
+++ b/sil-abyssinica-fonts.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 %global fontname sil-abyssinica
+%global fontconf 66-%{fontname}.conf
 
 Name:           %{fontname}-fonts
 Version:        1.0
-Release:        8%{?dist}
+Release:        9%{?dist}
 Summary:        SIL Abyssinica fonts
 
 Group:          User Interface/X
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ License:        OFL
 URL:            http://scripts.sil.org/AbyssinicaSIL
 # download from http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/render_download.php?site_id=nrsi&format=file&media_id=AbyssinicaSIL1.0.zip&filename=abyssinicasil1.0.zip
 Source0:        abyssinicasil%{version}.zip
+Source1:        %{fontconf}
 BuildRoot:      %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -22,8 +24,8 @@ BuildRequires:  dos2unix
 Provides: abyssinica-fonts = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: abyssinica-fonts < 1.0-6
 
-%description
 
+%description
 SIL Abyssinica is a Unicode typeface family containing glyphs for the
 Ethiopic script.
 
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ characters supported by Abyssinica SIL).
 Abyssinica SIL is based on Ethiopic calligraphic traditions. This release is
 a regular typeface, with no bold or italic version available or planned.
 
+
 %prep
 %setup -q -c
 
@@ -52,16 +55,26 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_fontdir}
 install -m 0644 *.ttf %{buildroot}%{_fontdir}
 
+#fontconfig
+install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_fontconfig_templatedir} \
+                   %{buildroot}%{_fontconfig_confdir}
+install -m 0644 -p %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_fontconfig_templatedir}/%{fontconf}
+ln -s %{_fontconfig_templatedir}/%{fontconf} \
+      %{buildroot}%{_fontconfig_confdir}/%{fontconf}
 
 %clean
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
-%_font_pkg *.ttf
+%_font_pkg -f %{fontconf} *.ttf
 
 %doc FONTLOG.txt OFL.txt OFL-FAQ.txt README.txt
 
+
 %changelog
+* Sat Jun 12 2010 Mathieu Bridon <bochecha@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-9
+- Add fontconfig configuration file (BZ#586248)
+
 * Tue Feb 16 2010 Mathieu Bridon <bochecha@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-8
 - Fix Obsolete: that was wrong when renaming the package.
 - The font base folder was listed twice (one was hidden in the font macro)