diff --git a/src/cairo-atsui-font.c b/src/cairo-atsui-font.c
index 572359f8d..9c5585178 100644
--- a/src/cairo-atsui-font.c
+++ b/src/cairo-atsui-font.c
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ _cairo_atsui_font_old_show_glyphs (void		       *abstract_font,
 }
 
 const cairo_scaled_font_backend_t cairo_atsui_scaled_font_backend = {
+    CAIRO_FONT_TYPE_ATSUI,
     _cairo_atsui_font_create_toy,
     _cairo_atsui_font_fini,
     _cairo_atsui_font_scaled_glyph_init,
diff --git a/src/cairo-ft-font.c b/src/cairo-ft-font.c
index e159826a0..092838ab4 100644
--- a/src/cairo-ft-font.c
+++ b/src/cairo-ft-font.c
@@ -1901,6 +1901,7 @@ _cairo_ft_show_glyphs (void		       *abstract_font,
 }
 
 const cairo_scaled_font_backend_t cairo_ft_scaled_font_backend = {
+    CAIRO_FONT_TYPE_FT,
     _cairo_ft_scaled_font_create_toy,
     _cairo_ft_scaled_font_fini,
     _cairo_ft_scaled_glyph_init,
diff --git a/src/cairo-scaled-font.c b/src/cairo-scaled-font.c
index 8ebbf455f..46e1caccf 100644
--- a/src/cairo-scaled-font.c
+++ b/src/cairo-scaled-font.c
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ _cairo_scaled_font_set_error (cairo_scaled_font_t *scaled_font,
     _cairo_error (status);
 }
 
+cairo_font_type_t
+cairo_scaled_font_get_type (cairo_scaled_font_t *scaled_font)
+{
+    return scaled_font->backend->type;
+}
+
 /**
  * cairo_scaled_font_status:
  * @scaled_font: a #cairo_scaled_font_t
diff --git a/src/cairo-win32-font.c b/src/cairo-win32-font.c
index ca8e4a610..a3289fced 100644
--- a/src/cairo-win32-font.c
+++ b/src/cairo-win32-font.c
@@ -1355,6 +1355,7 @@ CLEANUP_FONT:
 }
 
 const cairo_scaled_font_backend_t cairo_win32_scaled_font_backend = {
+    CAIRO_FONT_TYPE_WIN32,
     _cairo_win32_scaled_font_create_toy,
     _cairo_win32_scaled_font_fini,
     _cairo_win32_scaled_font_glyph_init,
diff --git a/src/cairoint.h b/src/cairoint.h
index 401114cb7..a1978a90d 100644
--- a/src/cairoint.h
+++ b/src/cairoint.h
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ typedef enum _cairo_scaled_glyph_info {
 } cairo_scaled_glyph_info_t;
 
 struct _cairo_scaled_font_backend {
+    cairo_font_type_t type;
+
     cairo_status_t
     (*create_toy)  (cairo_toy_font_face_t	*toy_face,
 		    const cairo_matrix_t	*font_matrix,