diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1842c3684e4..410231e9ee7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ members = [
     'api/rs/slint',
     'api/wasm-interpreter',
     'docs/tutorial/rust/src',
-    'examples/7gui',
-    'examples/gallery',
-    'examples/imagefilter',
-    'examples/memory',
-    'examples/opengl_underlay',
-    'examples/plotter',
-    'examples/printerdemo_old/rust',
-    'examples/printerdemo/rust',
-    'examples/slide_puzzle',
-    'examples/todo/rust',
+    #'examples/7gui',
+    #'examples/gallery',
+    #'examples/imagefilter',
+    #'examples/memory',
+    #'examples/opengl_underlay',
+    #'examples/plotter',
+    #'examples/printerdemo_old/rust',
+    #'examples/printerdemo/rust',
+    #'examples/slide_puzzle',
+    #'examples/todo/rust',
     'helper_crates/const-field-offset',
     'helper_crates/vtable',
     'helper_crates/vtable/macro',
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ default-members = [
     'api/node/native',
     'api/rs/build',
     'api/rs/slint',
-    'examples/gallery',
-    'examples/memory',
-    'examples/printerdemo_old/rust',
-    'examples/printerdemo/rust',
-    'examples/slide_puzzle',
-    'examples/todo/rust',
+    #'examples/gallery',
+    #'examples/memory',
+    #'examples/printerdemo_old/rust',
+    #'examples/printerdemo/rust',
+    #'examples/slide_puzzle',
+    #'examples/todo/rust',
     'internal/backends/gl',
     'internal/backends/qt',
     'internal/backends/selector',
diff --git a/internal/backends/gl/Cargo.toml b/internal/backends/gl/Cargo.toml
index 758a97f7f42..afae93afe5a 100644
--- a/internal/backends/gl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/internal/backends/gl/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ path = "lib.rs"
 svg = ["resvg", "usvg", "tiny-skia"]
 wayland = ["winit/wayland", "glutin/wayland", "copypasta/wayland"]
 x11 = ["winit/x11", "glutin/x11", "copypasta/x11"]
+# dlopen fontconfig at runtime rather than link at build time.
+# useful for cross compiling
+# Using a vendored fontconfig C library does not work well, refer to Issue #88.
+fontconfig-dlopen = [ "yeslogic-fontconfig-sys/dlopen" ]
 
 default = ["svg"]
 
@@ -62,13 +66,11 @@ glutin = { version = "0.28", default-features = false }
 usvg = { version= "0.20", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["text", "memmap-fonts"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_family = "windows")'.dependencies]
-font-kit = { version = "0.10", features = [] }
+#font-kit = { version = "0.10", features = [] }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(any(target_family = "windows", target_os = "macos", target_os = "ios", target_arch = "wasm32")))'.dependencies]
 libc = { version = "0.2" }
-# Require font-config from the system on Linux. Issue #88 indicates that the copy provided by servo-fontconfig may be incompatible
-# with distros at times.
-servo-fontconfig = { version = "0.5", features = [ "force_system_lib" ] }
+yeslogic-fontconfig-sys = { git = "https://github.com/Be-ing/fontconfig-rs.git", branch = "dlopen" }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
 cocoa = { version = "0.24.0" }
diff --git a/internal/backends/gl/fonts/fontconfig.rs b/internal/backends/gl/fonts/fontconfig.rs
index b5086c09918..143dd68fb72 100644
--- a/internal/backends/gl/fonts/fontconfig.rs
+++ b/internal/backends/gl/fonts/fontconfig.rs
@@ -1,28 +1,57 @@
 // Copyright © SixtyFPS GmbH <info@slint-ui.com>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Slint-commercial
 
-use fontconfig::fontconfig;
+use fontconfig_sys::ffi_dispatch;
+use fontconfig_sys::fontconfig as ffi;
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "fontconfig-dlopen"))]
+use ffi::*;
+#[cfg(feature = "fontconfig-dlopen")]
+use ffi::LIB;
 
 pub fn find_families(requested_family: &str) -> Vec<String> {
     unsafe {
-        let config = fontconfig::FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts();
+        let config = ffi_dispatch!(feature = "fontconfig-dlopen", LIB, FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts,);
         let family_cstr = std::ffi::CString::new(requested_family).unwrap();
-        let pattern = fontconfig::FcNameParse(family_cstr.as_ptr() as *mut libc::c_uchar);
-        fontconfig::FcConfigSubstitute(std::ptr::null_mut(), pattern, fontconfig::FcMatchPattern);
-        fontconfig::FcDefaultSubstitute(pattern);
-        let mut sort_result = fontconfig::FcResultMatch;
-        let result_set =
-            fontconfig::FcFontSort(config, pattern, 1, std::ptr::null_mut(), &mut sort_result);
+        let pattern = ffi_dispatch!(
+            feature = "fontconfig-dlopen",
+            LIB,
+            FcNameParse,
+            family_cstr.as_ptr() as *mut libc::c_uchar
+        );
+        ffi_dispatch!(
+            feature = "fontconfig-dlopen",
+            LIB,
+            FcConfigSubstitute,
+            std::ptr::null_mut(),
+            pattern,
+            ffi::FcMatchPattern
+        );
+        ffi_dispatch!(feature = "fontconfig-dlopen", LIB, FcDefaultSubstitute, pattern);
+        let mut sort_result = ffi::FcResultMatch;
+        let result_set = ffi_dispatch!(
+            feature = "fontconfig-dlopen",
+            LIB,
+            FcFontSort,
+            config,
+            pattern,
+            1,
+            std::ptr::null_mut(),
+            &mut sort_result
+        );
 
         let mut families = Vec::new();
         for idx in 0..(*result_set).nfont {
             let mut raw_family_name = std::ptr::null_mut();
-            if fontconfig::FcPatternGetString(
+            if ffi_dispatch!(
+                feature = "fontconfig-dlopen",
+                LIB,
+                FcPatternGetString,
                 *(*result_set).fonts.offset(idx as isize),
                 b"family\0".as_ptr() as *const libc::c_char,
                 0,
-                &mut raw_family_name,
-            ) != fontconfig::FcResultMatch
+                &mut raw_family_name
+            ) != ffi::FcResultMatch
             {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -40,9 +69,9 @@ pub fn find_families(requested_family: &str) -> Vec<String> {
             }
         }
 
-        fontconfig::FcFontSetDestroy(result_set);
-        fontconfig::FcPatternDestroy(pattern);
-        fontconfig::FcConfigDestroy(config);
+        ffi_dispatch!(feature = "fontconfig-dlopen", LIB, FcFontSetDestroy, result_set);
+        ffi_dispatch!(feature = "fontconfig-dlopen", LIB, FcPatternDestroy, pattern);
+        ffi_dispatch!(feature = "fontconfig-dlopen", LIB, FcConfigDestroy, config);
         families
     }
 }