diff --git a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
index c4e3fd171004a..95c7220a90829 100644
--- a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
+++ b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ FILE: ../../../flutter/synchronization/semaphore_unittest.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_android.cc
+FILE: ../../../flutter/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_linux.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_mac.mm
 FILE: ../../../flutter/vulkan/skia_vulkan_header.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/vulkan/vulkan_application.cc
diff --git a/lib/ui/text/font_collection.cc b/lib/ui/text/font_collection.cc
index 3f41f6457c83e..55e95df96740b 100644
--- a/lib/ui/text/font_collection.cc
+++ b/lib/ui/text/font_collection.cc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void _LoadFontFromList(Dart_NativeArguments args) {
 
 FontCollection::FontCollection()
     : collection_(std::make_shared<txt::FontCollection>()) {
-  collection_->SetDefaultFontManager(SkFontMgr::RefDefault());
+  collection_->SetupDefaultFontManager();
 
   dynamic_font_manager_ = sk_make_sp<txt::DynamicFontManager>();
   collection_->SetDynamicFontManager(dynamic_font_manager_);
diff --git a/third_party/txt/BUILD.gn b/third_party/txt/BUILD.gn
index a6a4bd82d170d..af05631f7d137 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/BUILD.gn
+++ b/third_party/txt/BUILD.gn
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ source_set("txt") {
     deps += [ "$flutter_root/fml" ]
   } else if (is_android) {
     sources += [ "src/txt/platform_android.cc" ]
+  } else if (is_linux) {
+    sources += [ "src/txt/platform_linux.cc" ]
   } else {
     sources += [ "src/txt/platform.cc" ]
   }
diff --git a/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.cc b/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.cc
index ff687726ebed9..d1bd02ed748d8 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.cc
+++ b/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.cc
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ size_t FontCollection::GetFontManagersCount() const {
   return GetFontManagerOrder().size();
 }
 
-void FontCollection::SetDefaultFontManager(sk_sp<SkFontMgr> font_manager) {
-  default_font_manager_ = font_manager;
+void FontCollection::SetupDefaultFontManager() {
+  default_font_manager_ = GetDefaultFontManager();
 }
 
 void FontCollection::SetAssetFontManager(sk_sp<SkFontMgr> font_manager) {
diff --git a/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.h b/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.h
index c98b4d29ca05d..e7fb842933d66 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.h
+++ b/third_party/txt/src/txt/font_collection.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class FontCollection : public std::enable_shared_from_this<FontCollection> {
 
   size_t GetFontManagersCount() const;
 
-  void SetDefaultFontManager(sk_sp<SkFontMgr> font_manager);
+  void SetupDefaultFontManager();
   void SetAssetFontManager(sk_sp<SkFontMgr> font_manager);
   void SetDynamicFontManager(sk_sp<SkFontMgr> font_manager);
   void SetTestFontManager(sk_sp<SkFontMgr> font_manager);
diff --git a/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform.cc b/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform.cc
index 411e96f0f4b9c..41831870d5335 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform.cc
+++ b/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform.cc
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ std::string GetDefaultFontFamily() {
   return "Arial";
 }
 
+sk_sp<SkFontMgr> GetDefaultFontManager() {
+  return SkFontMgr::RefDefault();
+}
+
 }  // namespace txt
diff --git a/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform.h b/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform.h
index d45be43b0392a..3df3433011ea2 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform.h
+++ b/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform.h
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@
 #include <string>
 #include "flutter/fml/macros.h"
 
+#include "third_party/skia/include/core/SkFontMgr.h"
+
 namespace txt {
 
 std::string GetDefaultFontFamily();
 
+sk_sp<SkFontMgr> GetDefaultFontManager();
+
 }  // namespace txt
 
 #endif  // TXT_PLATFORM_H_
diff --git a/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_android.cc b/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_android.cc
index 600d3d5ccfd9e..ae7fa2c77ec2c 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_android.cc
+++ b/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_android.cc
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ std::string GetDefaultFontFamily() {
   return "sans-serif";
 }
 
+sk_sp<SkFontMgr> GetDefaultFontManager() {
+  return SkFontMgr::RefDefault();
+}
+
 }  // namespace txt
diff --git a/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_linux.cc b/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_linux.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b95d00a597c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_linux.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "txt/platform.h"
+
+#include "third_party/skia/include/ports/SkFontMgr_directory.h"
+
+namespace txt {
+
+std::string GetDefaultFontFamily() {
+  return "Arial";
+}
+
+sk_sp<SkFontMgr> GetDefaultFontManager() {
+  return SkFontMgr_New_Custom_Directory("/usr/share/fonts/");
+}
+
+}  // namespace txt
diff --git a/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_mac.mm b/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_mac.mm
index 423edddd97c07..3dce7b6ca3954 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_mac.mm
+++ b/third_party/txt/src/txt/platform_mac.mm
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@
   }
 }
 
+sk_sp<SkFontMgr> GetDefaultFontManager() {
+  return SkFontMgr::RefDefault();
+}
+
 }  // namespace txt