diff --git a/less/glyphicons.less b/less/glyphicons.less
index 522d5041f7cb3b381af29381cac1b6fbac7a6bef..0882e130da0909e8e5a72d462ce749178da198c7 100644
--- a/less/glyphicons.less
+++ b/less/glyphicons.less
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
        url("@{icon-font-path}@{icon-font-name}.woff") format("woff"),
        url("@{icon-font-path}@{icon-font-name}.ttf") format("truetype"),
        url("@{icon-font-path}@{icon-font-name}.svg#@{icon-font-svg-id}") format("svg");
+  font-display: block;
 }
 
 // Catchall baseclass