diff --git a/src/cairo-svg-surface.c b/src/cairo-svg-surface.c
index b830d91e0..e8cd8c63f 100644
--- a/src/cairo-svg-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-svg-surface.c
@@ -1403,6 +1403,10 @@ _cairo_svg_document_emit_color_glyph_data (cairo_svg_document_t *document,
     if (unlikely (status)) {
 	return status;
     }
+    // User fonts always have a recording surface, but they may not be color glyphs.
+    if (scaled_glyph->color_glyph_set && !scaled_glyph->color_glyph) {
+	return CAIRO_INT_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;
+    }
 
     cairo_surface_t *paginated_surface = _cairo_svg_surface_create_for_document (document,
 										 CAIRO_CONTENT_COLOR_ALPHA,
diff --git a/test/reference/user-font-color.svg11.ref.png b/test/reference/user-font-color.svg11.ref.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55f4febf3
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/reference/user-font-color.svg11.ref.png differ