diff --git a/src/modules/font/freetype/HarfbuzzShaper.cpp b/src/modules/font/freetype/HarfbuzzShaper.cpp
index d2ab9a729..8b6ad01c5 100644
--- a/src/modules/font/freetype/HarfbuzzShaper.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/font/freetype/HarfbuzzShaper.cpp
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ void HarfbuzzShaper::computeGlyphPositions(const ColoredCodepoints &codepoints,
 				continue;
 
 			// This is a glyph index at this point, despite the name.
-			GlyphIndex gindex = { info.codepoint, bufferrange.index };
+			GlyphIndex gindex = { (int) info.codepoint, bufferrange.index };
 
 			if (clustercodepoint == '\t' && isUsingSpacesForTab())
 			{