diff --git a/lisp/international/fontset.el b/lisp/international/fontset.el
index 4352e2cec96..18dfdffee42 100644
--- a/lisp/international/fontset.el
+++ b/lisp/international/fontset.el
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
 	(runic #x16A0)
 	(khmer #x1780)
 	(mongolian #x1826)
+	(symbol . [#x201C #x2200 #x2500])
 	(braille #x2800)
 	(ideographic-description #x2FF0)
 	(cjk-misc #x300E)
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@
 
      (khmer ,(font-spec :registry "iso10646-1" :otf '(khmr nil (pres))))
 
-     (symbol ,(font-spec :registry "iso10646-1"))
+     (symbol ,(font-spec :registry "iso10646-1" :script 'symbol))
 
      (yi ,(font-spec :registry "iso10646-1" :script 'yi))