diff --git a/unix/vncserver b/unix/vncserver
index 8f36d79..405d092 100755
--- a/unix/vncserver
+++ b/unix/vncserver
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 # Check command line options
 
 &ParseOptions("-geometry",1,"-depth",1,"-pixelformat",1,"-name",1,"-kill",1,
-	      "-help",0,"-h",0,"--help",0);
+	      "-help",0,"-h",0,"--help",0,"-fp",1);
 
 &Usage() if ($opt{'-help'} || $opt{'-h'} || $opt{'--help'});
 
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@
 if ($opt{'-pixelformat'}) {
     $pixelformat = $opt{'-pixelformat'};
 }
+if ($opt{'-fp'}) {
+    $fontPath = $opt{'-fp'};
+}
 
 &CheckGeometryAndDepth();
 
@@ -229,7 +232,8 @@
 sleep(3); 
 unless (kill 0, `cat $pidFile`) {
     warn "\nWARNING: The first attempt to start Xvnc failed, possibly because the vncserver\n";
-    warn "script was not able to figure out an appropriate X11 font path for this system.\n";
+    warn "script was not able to figure out an appropriate X11 font path for this system\n";
+    warn "or because the font path you specified with the -fp argument was not valid.\n";
     warn "Attempting to restart Xvnc using the X Font Server (xfs) ...\n";
     $cmd =~ s@-fp [^ ]+@@;
     $cmd .= " -fp $defFontPath" if ($defFontPath);
@@ -493,6 +497,7 @@
     die("\nusage: $prog [:<number>] [-name <desktop-name>] [-depth <depth>]\n".
 	"                 [-geometry <width>x<height>]\n".
 	"                 [-pixelformat rgbNNN|bgrNNN]\n".
+	"                 [-fp <font-path>]\n".
 	"                 <Xvnc-options>...\n\n".
 	"       $prog -kill <X-display>\n\n");
 }
diff --git a/unix/vncserver.man b/unix/vncserver.man
index f3e86a3..1c283a7 100644
--- a/unix/vncserver.man
+++ b/unix/vncserver.man
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 .IR depth ]
 .RB [ \-pixelformat
 .IR format ]
+.RB [ \-fp
+.IR font-path ]
 .RI [ Xvnc-options... ]
 .br
 .BI "vncserver \-kill :" display#
@@ -87,6 +89,27 @@
 argument.  Thus, you can invoke "vncserver \-kill $DISPLAY", for example at the
 end of your xstartup file after a particular application exits.
 
+.TP
+.B \-fp \fIfont-path\fP
+The vncserver script will normally examine your system to figure out where it
+stores its X11 fonts and then generate an appropriate font path argument for
+Xvnc based on this.  If your system stores its X11 fonts in a location that
+vncserver does not know about, however, then this may fail.  In that case,
+vncserver will then try to contact the local X Font Server (xfs) on port 7100.
+Not all systems have xfs installed and running, so this may fail as well.  In
+that case, you can manually specify a font path by using the
+.B \-fp
+argument to vncserver.
+
+If you prefer to use the X Font Server by default rather than a static font
+path, then you can run
+
+.RS
+.RS
+vncserver -fp unix/:7100
+.RE
+.RE
+
 .SH FILES
 Several VNC-related files are found in the directory $HOME/.vnc:
 .TP