diff --git a/less/core.less b/less/core.less
index f814f1e17..68b88156b 100644
--- a/less/core.less
+++ b/less/core.less
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 .@{fa-css-prefix} {
   display: inline-block;
-  font: normal normal normal @fa-font-size-base/1 FontAwesome; // shortening font declaration
+  font: normal normal normal @fa-font-size-base/1 @fa-font-name; // shortening font declaration
   font-size: inherit; // can't have font-size inherit on line above, so need to override
   text-rendering: auto; // optimizelegibility throws things off #1094
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
diff --git a/less/variables.less b/less/variables.less
index d526064c8..d74dff0e0 100644
--- a/less/variables.less
+++ b/less/variables.less
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 // --------------------------
 
 @fa-font-path:        "../fonts";
-@fa-font-size-base:   14px;
+@fa-font-size-base:   14px
+@fa-font-name:        'FontAwesome';
 //@fa-font-path:        "//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.3.0/fonts"; // for referencing Bootstrap CDN font files directly
 @fa-css-prefix:       fa;
 @fa-version:          "4.3.0";
diff --git a/scss/_core.scss b/scss/_core.scss
index 5a2db9d56..dd43959f5 100644
--- a/scss/_core.scss
+++ b/scss/_core.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 .#{$fa-css-prefix} {
   display: inline-block;
-  font: normal normal normal #{$fa-font-size-base}/1 FontAwesome; // shortening font declaration
+  font: normal normal normal #{$fa-font-size-base}/1 #{$fa-font-name}; // shortening font declaration
   font-size: inherit; // can't have font-size inherit on line above, so need to override
   text-rendering: auto; // optimizelegibility throws things off #1094
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
diff --git a/scss/_variables.scss b/scss/_variables.scss
index 9b7210e23..0518ff498 100644
--- a/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 $fa-font-path:        "../fonts" !default;
 $fa-font-size-base:   14px !default;
+$fa-font-name:        'FontAwesome' !default;
 //$fa-font-path:        "//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.3.0/fonts" !default; // for referencing Bootstrap CDN font files directly
 $fa-css-prefix:       fa !default;
 $fa-version:          "4.3.0" !default;