diff --git a/nbconvert/templates/latex/base.tplx b/nbconvert/templates/latex/base.tplx
index 6856cc9e7..31e01a099 100644
--- a/nbconvert/templates/latex/base.tplx
+++ b/nbconvert/templates/latex/base.tplx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ This template does not define a docclass, the inheriting class must define this.
 \listfiles
 \usepackage{amsmath} % Equations
 \usepackage{mathspec}
-\setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}
+\setmainfont[Extension=.otf, Ligatures=TeX, Numbers=OldStyle, UprightFont=*-regular, BoldFont=*-bold, ItalicFont=*-italic]{texgyrepagella}
 \setmonofont[Ligatures=TeX, PunctuationSpace=WordSpace, Extension=.otf,
 Numbers={OldStyle,Monospaced}, WordSpace={1,0,0}, Scale=1.0, 
 UprightFont=*-Regular, BoldFont=*-Bold]{SourceCodePro}