diff --git a/scripts/get-fonts.sh b/scripts/get-fonts.sh
index 1a6686683..7281752cb 100755
--- a/scripts/get-fonts.sh
+++ b/scripts/get-fonts.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
-FONTDIR="./fonts"
+FONTDIR="${FONTDIR:-./fonts}"
 
 mkdir -p "${FONTDIR}"