diff --git a/stepmania/src/FontManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/FontManager.cpp
index f38f9fefcd..9c61ed921f 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/FontManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/FontManager.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ Font* FontManager::LoadFont( const CString &sFontOrTextureFilePath, CString sCha
 	return f;
 }
 
+Font *FontManager::CopyFont( Font *pFont )
+{
+	++pFont->m_iRefCount;
+	return pFont;
+}
 
 void FontManager::UnloadFont( Font *fp )
 {
diff --git a/stepmania/src/FontManager.h b/stepmania/src/FontManager.h
index f4e7ce863c..5fe9afad6f 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/FontManager.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/FontManager.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public:
 	~FontManager();
 
 	Font* LoadFont( const CString &sFontOrTextureFilePath, CString sChars = "" );
+	Font *CopyFont( Font *pFont );
 	void UnloadFont( Font *fp );
 
 	/* Warning: This reloads fonts completely, so all BitmapTexts need to be