diff --git a/gtk/gtkcssshorthandpropertyimpl.c b/gtk/gtkcssshorthandpropertyimpl.c
index fcd250befd..0ada0f6a3e 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcssshorthandpropertyimpl.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcssshorthandpropertyimpl.c
@@ -1143,8 +1143,18 @@ pack_font_description (GtkCssShorthandProperty *shorthand,
   v = (* query_func) (GTK_CSS_PROPERTY_FONT_FAMILY, query_data);
   if (v)
     {
-      /* xxx: Can we set all the families here somehow? */
-      pango_font_description_set_family (description, _gtk_css_string_value_get (_gtk_css_array_value_get_nth (v, 0)));
+      int i;
+      GString *s = g_string_new ("");
+
+      for (i = 0; i < _gtk_css_array_value_get_n_values (v); i++)
+        {
+          if (i > 0)
+            g_string_append (s, ",");
+          g_string_append (s, _gtk_css_string_value_get (_gtk_css_array_value_get_nth (v, i)));
+        }
+
+      pango_font_description_set_family (description, s->str);
+      g_string_free (s, TRUE);
     }
 
   v = (* query_func) (GTK_CSS_PROPERTY_FONT_SIZE, query_data);