diff --git a/src/fcint.h b/src/fcint.h
index 80205c9..ea14811 100644
--- a/src/fcint.h
+++ b/src/fcint.h
@@ -969,6 +969,10 @@ FcValueListAppend (FcValueListPtr vallist,
 FcPrivate FcValueListPtr
 FcValueListDuplicate(FcValueListPtr orig);
 
+FcPrivate FcValueListPtr
+FcValueListDuplicateWithBinding(FcValueListPtr orig,
+				FcValueBinding binding);
+
 FcPrivate FcPatternElt *
 FcPatternObjectFindElt (const FcPattern *p, FcObject object);
 
diff --git a/src/fcmatch.c b/src/fcmatch.c
index 46d08bc..f8c398f 100644
--- a/src/fcmatch.c
+++ b/src/fcmatch.c
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ FcCompareValueList (FcObject	     object,
 		    FcValueListPtr   v1orig,	/* pattern */
 		    FcValueListPtr   v2orig,	/* target */
 		    FcValue         *bestValue,
+		    FcValueBinding  *bestBinding,
 		    double          *value,
 		    int             *n,
 		    FcResult        *result)
@@ -368,6 +369,8 @@ FcCompareValueList (FcObject	     object,
     {
 	if (bestValue)
 	    *bestValue = FcValueCanonicalize(&v2orig->value);
+	if (bestBinding)
+	    *bestBinding = FcValueBindingWeak;
 	if (n)
 	    *n = 0;
 	return FcTrue;
@@ -392,6 +395,8 @@ FcCompareValueList (FcObject	     object,
 	    {
 		if (bestValue)
 		    *bestValue = FcValueCanonicalize(&v2->value);
+		if (bestBinding)
+		    *bestBinding = v1->binding;
 		best = v;
 		pos = k;
 	    }
@@ -468,7 +473,7 @@ FcCompare (FcPattern	*pat,
 	    if (!FcCompareValueList (elt_i1->object, match,
 				     FcPatternEltValues(elt_i1),
 				     FcPatternEltValues(elt_i2),
-				     NULL, value, NULL, result))
+				     NULL, NULL, value, NULL, result))
 		return FcFalse;
 	    i1++;
 	    i2++;
@@ -486,6 +491,7 @@ FcFontRenderPrepare (FcConfig	    *config,
     int		    i;
     FcPatternElt    *fe, *pe;
     FcValue	    v;
+    FcValueBinding binding;
     FcResult	    result;
 
     assert (pat != NULL);
@@ -497,6 +503,21 @@ FcFontRenderPrepare (FcConfig	    *config,
     for (i = 0; i < font->num; i++)
     {
 	fe = &FcPatternElts(font)[i];
+	pe = FcPatternObjectFindElt (pat, fe->object);
+
+	binding = FcValueBindingWeak;
+	if (pe)
+	{
+	    const FcMatcher *match = FcObjectToMatcher (pe->object, FcFalse);
+	    if (!FcCompareValueList (pe->object, match,
+				     FcPatternEltValues(pe),
+				     FcPatternEltValues(fe), &v, &binding, NULL, NULL, &result))
+	    {
+		FcPatternDestroy (new);
+		return NULL;
+	    }
+	}
+
 	if (fe->object == FC_FAMILYLANG_OBJECT ||
 	    fe->object == FC_STYLELANG_OBJECT ||
 	    fe->object == FC_FULLNAMELANG_OBJECT)
@@ -530,7 +551,7 @@ FcFontRenderPrepare (FcConfig	    *config,
 
 		if (!FcCompareValueList (pel->object, match,
 					 FcPatternEltValues (pel),
-					 FcPatternEltValues (fel), NULL, NULL, &n, &result))
+					 FcPatternEltValues (fel), NULL, NULL, NULL, &n, &result))
 		{
 		    FcPatternDestroy (new);
 		    return NULL;
@@ -545,22 +566,22 @@ FcFontRenderPrepare (FcConfig	    *config,
 			if (l1)
 			    ln = FcValueListPrepend (ln,
 						     FcValueCanonicalize (&l1->value),
-						     FcValueBindingStrong);
+						     binding);
 			if (l2)
 			    ll = FcValueListPrepend (ll,
 						     FcValueCanonicalize (&l2->value),
-						     FcValueBindingStrong);
+						     binding);
 		    }
 		    else
 		    {
 			if (l1)
 			    ln = FcValueListAppend (ln,
 						    FcValueCanonicalize (&l1->value),
-						    FcValueBindingStrong);
+						    binding);
 			if (l2)
 			    ll = FcValueListAppend (ll,
 						    FcValueCanonicalize (&l2->value),
-						    FcValueBindingStrong);
+						    binding);
 		    }
 		}
 		FcPatternObjectListAdd (new, fe->object, ln, FcFalse);
@@ -574,8 +595,8 @@ FcFontRenderPrepare (FcConfig	    *config,
 		 * lang. */
 		FcValueListPtr l1, l2;
 
-		l1 = FcValueListDuplicate (FcPatternEltValues (fe));
-		l2 = FcValueListDuplicate (FcPatternEltValues (fel));
+		l1 = FcValueListDuplicateWithBinding (FcPatternEltValues (fe), binding);
+		l2 = FcValueListDuplicateWithBinding (FcPatternEltValues (fel), binding);
 		FcPatternObjectListAdd (new, fe->object, l1, FcFalse);
 		FcPatternObjectListAdd (new, fel->object, l2, FcFalse);
 
@@ -583,23 +604,14 @@ FcFontRenderPrepare (FcConfig	    *config,
 	    }
 	}
 
-	pe = FcPatternObjectFindElt (pat, fe->object);
 	if (pe)
 	{
-	    const FcMatcher *match = FcObjectToMatcher (pe->object, FcFalse);
-	    if (!FcCompareValueList (pe->object, match,
-				     FcPatternEltValues(pe),
-				     FcPatternEltValues(fe), &v, NULL, NULL, &result))
-	    {
-		FcPatternDestroy (new);
-		return NULL;
-	    }
-	    FcPatternObjectAdd (new, fe->object, v, FcFalse);
+	    FcPatternObjectAddWithBinding (new, fe->object, v, binding, FcFalse);
 	}
 	else
 	{
 	    FcPatternObjectListAdd (new, fe->object,
-				    FcValueListDuplicate (FcPatternEltValues (fe)),
+				    FcValueListDuplicateWithBinding (FcPatternEltValues (fe), binding),
 				    FcTrue);
 	}
     }
diff --git a/src/fcpat.c b/src/fcpat.c
index 7e7d54a..c4681fa 100644
--- a/src/fcpat.c
+++ b/src/fcpat.c
@@ -243,6 +243,33 @@ FcValueListDuplicate(FcValueListPtr orig)
     return new;
 }
 
+FcValueListPtr
+FcValueListDuplicateWithBinding(FcValueListPtr orig,
+				FcValueBinding binding)
+{
+    FcValueListPtr new = NULL, l, t = NULL;
+    FcValue v;
+
+    for (l = orig; l != NULL; l = FcValueListNext (l))
+    {
+	if (!new)
+	{
+	    t = new = FcValueListCreate();
+	}
+	else
+	{
+	    t->next = FcValueListCreate();
+	    t = FcValueListNext (t);
+	}
+	v = FcValueCanonicalize (&l->value);
+	t->value = FcValueSave (v);
+	t->binding = binding;
+	t->next = NULL;
+    }
+
+    return new;
+}
+
 FcBool
 FcValueEqual (FcValue va, FcValue vb)
 {