diff --git a/kcms/fonts/fonts.cpp b/kcms/fonts/fonts.cpp
--- a/kcms/fonts/fonts.cpp
+++ b/kcms/fonts/fonts.cpp
@@ -508,12 +508,12 @@
     setSmallFont(QFont("Lucida Grande", 9));
     setWindowTitleFont(QFont("Lucida Grande", 14));
 #else
-    setGeneralFont(QFont("Noto Sans", 10));
-    setMenuFont(QFont("Noto Sans", 10));
+    setGeneralFont(QFont("Noto Sans Display", 10));
+    setMenuFont(QFont("Noto Sans Display", 10));
     setFixedWidthFont(QFont("Hack", 9));
-    setToolbarFont(QFont("Noto Sans", 10));
-    setSmallFont(QFont("Noto Sans", 8));
-    setWindowTitleFont(QFont("Noto Sans", 10));
+    setToolbarFont(QFont("Noto Sans Display", 10));
+    setSmallFont(QFont("Noto Sans Display", 8));
+    setWindowTitleFont(QFont("Noto Sans Display", 10));
 #endif
 
     m_fontAASettings->defaults();
diff --git a/kcms/krdb/krdb.cpp b/kcms/krdb/krdb.cpp
--- a/kcms/krdb/krdb.cpp
+++ b/kcms/krdb/krdb.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
     /* export font settings */
 
     // NOTE keep this in sync with kfontsettingsdata in plasma-integration (cf. also Bug 378262)
-    QFont defaultFont(QStringLiteral("Noto Sans"), 10, -1);
+    QFont defaultFont(QStringLiteral("Noto Sans Display"), 10, -1);
     defaultFont.setStyleHint(QFont::SansSerif);
 
     const KConfigGroup configGroup(KSharedConfig::openConfig(), QStringLiteral("General"));