diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@
 
 
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL   FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
-message("** plasma-integration uses Noto Sans (https://www.google.com/get/noto/) and Oxygen Mono (http://download.kde.org/stable/plasma/5.4.0/oxygen-fonts-5.4.0.tar.xz) fonts, ensure these are installed for use at runtime")
+message("** plasma-integration uses Noto Sans (https://www.google.com/get/noto/) and Hack (http://sourcefoundry.org/hack/) fonts, ensure these are installed for use at runtime")
diff --git a/src/platformtheme/CMakeLists.txt b/src/platformtheme/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/platformtheme/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/platformtheme/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,3 +51,5 @@
 
 install(TARGETS KDEPlasmaPlatformTheme DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_QTPLUGINDIR}/platformthemes)
 
+install(FILES fonts_global.upd fonts_akregator.upd fonts_kate.upd DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/kconf_update)
+install(PROGRAMS fonts_global.pl fonts_akregator.pl fonts_kate.pl DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/kconf_update)
diff --git a/src/platformtheme/fonts_akregator.pl b/src/platformtheme/fonts_akregator.pl
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platformtheme/fonts_akregator.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+
+while (<>)
+{
+    chomp;
+    s/Fixed\ Font=Oxygen\ Mono/Fixed\ Font=Hack/;
+    s/Sans\ Serif\ Font=Oxygen-Sans/Sans\ Serif\ Font=Noto\ Sans/;
+    s/Serif\ Font=Oxygen-Sans/Serif\ Font=Noto\ Sans/;
+    s/Standard Font=Oxygen-Sans/Standard\ Font=Noto\ Sans/;
+    s/Fonts=Oxygen-Sans,Oxygen\ Mono,Oxygen-Sans,Oxygen-Sans/Fonts=Noto\ Sans,Hack,Noto\ Sans,Noto\ Sans/;
+    print "$_\n";
+}
diff --git a/src/platformtheme/fonts_akregator.upd b/src/platformtheme/fonts_akregator.upd
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platformtheme/fonts_akregator.upd
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Version=5
+Id=Plasma_Fonts_Akregator
+Options=overwrite
+File=akregatorrc
+Script=fonts_akregator.pl,perl
diff --git a/src/platformtheme/fonts_global.pl b/src/platformtheme/fonts_global.pl
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platformtheme/fonts_global.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+
+while (<>)
+{
+    chomp;
+    s/font=Oxygen-Sans/font=Noto\ Sans/;
+    s/fixed=Oxygen\ Mono/fixed=Hack/;
+    s/menuFont=Oxygen-Sans/menuFont=Noto\ Sans/;
+    s/smallestReadableFont=Oxygen-Sans/smallestReadableFont=Noto\ Sans/;
+    s/toolBarFont=Oxygen-Sans/toolBarFont=Noto\ Sans/;
+    print "$_\n";
+}
diff --git a/src/platformtheme/fonts_global.upd b/src/platformtheme/fonts_global.upd
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platformtheme/fonts_global.upd
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Version=5
+Id=Fonts_Global
+Options=overwrite
+File=kdeglobals
+Script=fonts_global.pl,perl
diff --git a/src/platformtheme/fonts_kate.pl b/src/platformtheme/fonts_kate.pl
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platformtheme/fonts_kate.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+
+while (<>)
+{
+    chomp;
+    s/Font=Oxygen\ Mono/Font=Hack/;
+    print "$_\n";
+}
diff --git a/src/platformtheme/fonts_kate.upd b/src/platformtheme/fonts_kate.upd
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platformtheme/fonts_kate.upd
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Version=5
+Id=Plasma_Fonts_Kate
+Options=overwrite
+File=kateschemarc
+Group=Normal
+Script=fonts_kate.pl,perl
diff --git a/src/platformtheme/kfontsettingsdata.cpp b/src/platformtheme/kfontsettingsdata.cpp
--- a/src/platformtheme/kfontsettingsdata.cpp
+++ b/src/platformtheme/kfontsettingsdata.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 static const KFontData DefaultFontData[KFontSettingsData::FontTypesCount] = {
     { GeneralId, "font",                 DefaultFont,  10, -1, QFont::SansSerif },
-    { GeneralId, "fixed",                "Oxygen Mono",  9, -1, QFont::Monospace },
+    { GeneralId, "fixed",                "Hack",  9, -1, QFont::Monospace },
     { GeneralId, "toolBarFont",          DefaultFont,  9, -1, QFont::SansSerif },
     { GeneralId, "menuFont",             DefaultFont,  10, -1, QFont::SansSerif },
     { "WM",      "activeFont",           DefaultFont,  10, -1, QFont::SansSerif },
diff --git a/src/platformtheme/mono_font.pl b/src/platformtheme/mono_font.pl
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platformtheme/mono_font.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+
+while (<>)
+{
+    chomp;
+    s/fixed=Oxygen\ Mono/fixed=Hack/;
+    print "$_\n";
+}
diff --git a/src/platformtheme/mono_font.upd b/src/platformtheme/mono_font.upd
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platformtheme/mono_font.upd
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Version=5
+Id=Plasma_Mono_Font
+Options=overwrite
+File=kdeglobals,kdeglobals
+Script=mono_font.pl,perl