diff --git a/src/font.c b/src/font.c
index f882441..04c7f2e 100644
--- a/src/font.c
+++ b/src/font.c
@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@
 #include "animation.h"
 #include "bar_manager.h"
 
+void font_register(char* font_path) {
+  CFStringRef url_string = CFStringCreateWithCString(kCFAllocatorDefault,
+                                                     font_path,
+                                                     kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
+  if (url_string) {
+    CFURLRef url_ref = CFURLCreateWithString(kCFAllocatorDefault,
+                                             url_string,
+                                             NULL                );
+    if (url_ref) {
+      CTFontManagerRegisterFontsForURL(url_ref,
+                                       kCTFontManagerScopeProcess,
+                                       NULL                       );
+      CFRelease(url_ref);
+    }
+    CFRelease(url_string);
+  }
+  free(font_path);
+}
+
 void font_create_ctfont(struct font* font) {
 
   CFStringRef family_ref = CFStringCreateWithCString(NULL,
diff --git a/src/font.h b/src/font.h
index a64d91f..eca773d 100644
--- a/src/font.h
+++ b/src/font.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ struct font {
   char* style;
 };
 
+void font_register(char* font_path);
+
 void font_init(struct font* font);
 void font_destroy(struct font* font);
 bool font_set(struct font* font, char* font_string, bool forced);
diff --git a/src/message.c b/src/message.c
index 2e128d9..6e076e1 100644
--- a/src/message.c
+++ b/src/message.c
@@ -713,6 +713,9 @@ void handle_message_mach(struct mach_buffer* buffer) {
     } else if (token_equals(command, DOMAIN_HOTLOAD)) {
       struct token token = get_token(&message);
       hotload_set_state(evaluate_boolean_state(token, hotload_get_state()));
+    } else if (token_equals(command, DOMAIN_ADD_FONT)) {
+      struct token token = get_token(&message);
+      font_register(token_to_string(token));
     } else if (token_equals(command, DOMAIN_RELOAD)) {
       char* rbr_msg = get_batch_line(&message);
       char* cur = rbr_msg;
diff --git a/src/misc/defines.h b/src/misc/defines.h
index f03dac4..d87026e 100644
--- a/src/misc/defines.h
+++ b/src/misc/defines.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 #define DOMAIN_HOTLOAD                         "--hotload"
 #define DOMAIN_RELOAD                          "--reload"
+#define DOMAIN_ADD_FONT                        "--load-font"
 
 #define SUB_DOMAIN_ICON                        "icon"
 #define SUB_DOMAIN_LABEL                       "label"