diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/internal/DefaultSWTFontRegistry.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/internal/DefaultSWTFontRegistry.java
index 3aa3a6ad79..0fc8367019 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/internal/DefaultSWTFontRegistry.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/internal/DefaultSWTFontRegistry.java	
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public Font getSystemFont(int zoom) {
 		}
 		if (hFont == 0) hFont = OS.GetStockObject (OS.DEFAULT_GUI_FONT);
 		if (hFont == 0) hFont = OS.GetStockObject (OS.SYSTEM_FONT);
-		Font font = Font.win32_new(device, hFont);
+		Font font = Font.win32_new(device, hFont, zoom);
 		registerFont(KEY_SYSTEM_FONTS, font);
 		registerFont(font.getFontData()[0], font);
 		return font;