diff --git a/binding/Binding/SKTypeface.cs b/binding/Binding/SKTypeface.cs
index d40007a7..c182696f 100644
--- a/binding/Binding/SKTypeface.cs
+++ b/binding/Binding/SKTypeface.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ namespace SkiaSharp
 			base.Dispose (disposing);
 		}
 		
+		public static SKTypeface Default => GetObject<SKTypeface> (SkiaApi.sk_typeface_ref_default ());
+
+		public static SKTypeface CreateDefault ()
+		{
+			return GetObject<SKTypeface> (SkiaApi.sk_typeface_create_default ());
+		}
+
 		[Obsolete ("Use FromFamilyName(string, SKFontStyleWeight, SKFontStyleWidth, SKFontStyleSlant) instead.")]
 		public static SKTypeface FromFamilyName (string familyName, SKTypefaceStyle style)
 		{
diff --git a/binding/Binding/SkiaApi.cs b/binding/Binding/SkiaApi.cs
index f6b0d1c1..40bbbda5 100755
--- a/binding/Binding/SkiaApi.cs
+++ b/binding/Binding/SkiaApi.cs
@@ -977,6 +977,10 @@ namespace SkiaSharp
 
 		// typeface
 		[DllImport(SKIA, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		public extern static sk_typeface_t sk_typeface_create_default();
+		[DllImport(SKIA, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		public extern static sk_typeface_t sk_typeface_ref_default();
+		[DllImport(SKIA, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 		public extern static sk_typeface_t sk_typeface_create_from_name_with_font_style([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string familyName, sk_fontstyle_t style);
 		[DllImport(SKIA, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 		public extern static sk_typeface_t sk_typeface_create_from_file([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string path, int index);
diff --git a/externals/skia b/externals/skia
index 1c582c77..9564c28b 160000
--- a/externals/skia
+++ b/externals/skia
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1c582c77c986b63cdd81a560ae66d2d76d2b8c59
+Subproject commit 9564c28b08e0be4f763dd6243e09d4dc1b186dd1
diff --git a/tests/Tests/SKFontManagerTest.cs b/tests/Tests/SKFontManagerTest.cs
index 24799aa9..1b23ae33 100644
--- a/tests/Tests/SKFontManagerTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tests/SKFontManagerTest.cs
@@ -152,5 +152,23 @@ namespace SkiaSharp.Tests
 
 			Assert.NotNull(fonts.CreateStyleSet(0));
 		}
+
+		[SkippableFact]
+		public void CanDisposeDefault()
+		{
+			// get the fist
+			var fonts = SKFontManager.Default;
+			Assert.NotNull(fonts);
+
+			// dispose and make sure that we didn't kill it
+			fonts.Dispose();
+			fonts = SKFontManager.Default;
+			Assert.NotNull(fonts);
+
+			// dispose and make sure that we didn't kill it again
+			fonts.Dispose();
+			fonts = SKFontManager.Default;
+			Assert.NotNull(fonts);
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/Tests/SKTypefaceTest.cs b/tests/Tests/SKTypefaceTest.cs
index 567f948c..cdf9595b 100644
--- a/tests/Tests/SKTypefaceTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tests/SKTypefaceTest.cs
@@ -146,5 +146,23 @@ namespace SkiaSharp.Tests
 				Assert.NotNull(typeface);
 			}
 		}
+
+		[SkippableFact]
+		public void CanDisposeDefault()
+		{
+			// get the fist
+			var typeface = SKTypeface.Default;
+			Assert.NotNull(typeface);
+
+			// dispose and make sure that we didn't kill it
+			typeface.Dispose();
+			typeface = SKTypeface.Default;
+			Assert.NotNull(typeface);
+
+			// dispose and make sure that we didn't kill it again
+			typeface.Dispose();
+			typeface = SKTypeface.Default;
+			Assert.NotNull(typeface);
+		}
 	}
 }