diff --git a/examples/drawtext/main.c b/examples/drawtext/main.c
index 98d206f9..615340e7 100644
--- a/examples/drawtext/main.c
+++ b/examples/drawtext/main.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ static void handlerDraw(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area, uiAreaDrawParams *p)
 	// TODO clip to margins
 	uiDrawText(p->Context, textLayout, margins, margins);
 	uiDrawFreeTextLayout(textLayout);
+	uiFreeFontButtonFont(&defaultFont);
 }
 
 static void handlerMouseEvent(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area, uiAreaMouseEvent *e)
diff --git a/ui_attrstr.h b/ui_attrstr.h
index f4302cd5..3486b4e9 100644
--- a/ui_attrstr.h
+++ b/ui_attrstr.h
@@ -495,3 +495,4 @@ _UI_EXTERN void uiFontButtonFont(uiFontButton *b, uiFontDescriptor *desc);
 // TOOD SetFont, mechanics
 _UI_EXTERN void uiFontButtonOnChanged(uiFontButton *b, void (*f)(uiFontButton *, void *), void *data);
 _UI_EXTERN uiFontButton *uiNewFontButton(void);
+_UI_EXTERN void uiFreeFontButtonFont(uiFontDescriptor *desc);
diff --git a/windows/fontbutton.cpp b/windows/fontbutton.cpp
index 29de64b6..d6e5e0d8 100644
--- a/windows/fontbutton.cpp
+++ b/windows/fontbutton.cpp
@@ -121,3 +121,8 @@ uiFontButton *uiNewFontButton(void)
 
 	return b;
 }
+
+void uiFreeFontButtonFont(uiFontDescriptor *desc)
+{
+	uiprivFree((char *) (desc->Family));
+}