diff --git a/Xamarin.Forms.Platform.WPF/Extensions/FontExtensions.cs b/Xamarin.Forms.Platform.WPF/Extensions/FontExtensions.cs
index 5ca72528cb3..1ac959d7a47 100644
--- a/Xamarin.Forms.Platform.WPF/Extensions/FontExtensions.cs
+++ b/Xamarin.Forms.Platform.WPF/Extensions/FontExtensions.cs
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ public static FontFamily ToFontFamily(this string fontFamily, string defaultFont
 				return f;
 			}
 
+			const string packUri = "pack://application:,,,/";
+			if (fontFamily.StartsWith(packUri))
+			{
+				var fontName = fontFamily.Remove(0, packUri.Length);
+				return new FontFamily(new Uri(packUri), fontName);
+			}
+
 			var embeddedResult = fontFamily.TryGetFromAssets();
 
 			if (embeddedResult.success)