diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/snapshotter/MapSnapshotter.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/snapshotter/MapSnapshotter.java
index a4f1f2e75..93b7dd926 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/snapshotter/MapSnapshotter.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/snapshotter/MapSnapshotter.java
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ public class MapSnapshotter {
     private LatLngBounds region;
     private CameraPosition cameraPosition;
     private boolean showLogo = true;
+    private String localIdeographFontFamily;
 
     /**
      * @param width  the width of the image
@@ -171,6 +172,22 @@ public class MapSnapshotter {
       return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the font family for generating glyphs locally for ideographs in the 'CJK Unified Ideographs'
+     * and 'Hangul Syllables' ranges.
+     * <p>
+     * The font family argument is passed to {@link android.graphics.Typeface#create(String, int)}.
+     * Default system fonts are defined in &#x27;/system/etc/fonts.xml&#x27;
+     *
+     * @param fontFamily font family for local ideograph generation.
+     * @return the mutated {@link Options}
+     */
+    @NonNull
+    public Options withLocalIdeographFontFamily(String fontFamily) {
+      this.localIdeographFontFamily = fontFamily;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the width of the image
      */
@@ -214,6 +231,14 @@ public class MapSnapshotter {
     public CameraPosition getCameraPosition() {
       return cameraPosition;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the font family used for locally generating ideographs
+     */
+    public String getLocalIdeographFontFamily() {
+      return localIdeographFontFamily;
+    }
+
   }
 
   /**
@@ -231,7 +256,7 @@ public class MapSnapshotter {
 
     nativeInitialize(this, fileSource, options.pixelRatio, options.width,
       options.height, options.styleUrl, options.styleJson, options.region, options.cameraPosition,
-      options.showLogo, programCacheDir);
+      options.showLogo, programCacheDir, options.localIdeographFontFamily);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -513,7 +538,8 @@ public class MapSnapshotter {
                                          FileSource fileSource, float pixelRatio,
                                          int width, int height, String styleUrl, String styleJson,
                                          LatLngBounds region, CameraPosition position,
-                                         boolean showLogo, String programCacheDir);
+                                         boolean showLogo, String programCacheDir,
+                                         String localIdeographFontFamily);
 
   @Keep
   protected native void nativeStart();
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/activity/snapshot/MapSnapshotterActivity.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/activity/snapshot/MapSnapshotterActivity.java
index aadf021a8..9f1e7b995 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/activity/snapshot/MapSnapshotterActivity.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/activity/snapshot/MapSnapshotterActivity.java
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ public class MapSnapshotterActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
       .withPixelRatio(1)
 
       // Optionally the style
-      .withStyle((column + row) % 2 == 0 ? Style.MAPBOX_STREETS : Style.DARK);
+      .withStyle((column + row) % 2 == 0 ? Style.MAPBOX_STREETS : Style.DARK)
+        .withLocalIdeographFontFamily("sans-serif");
 
     // Optionally the visible region
     if (row % 2 == 0) {
diff --git a/platform/android/src/snapshotter/map_snapshotter.cpp b/platform/android/src/snapshotter/map_snapshotter.cpp
index e2e01f4e3..a5f44a1d4 100644
--- a/platform/android/src/snapshotter/map_snapshotter.cpp
+++ b/platform/android/src/snapshotter/map_snapshotter.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ MapSnapshotter::MapSnapshotter(jni::JNIEnv& _env,
                                const jni::Object<LatLngBounds>& region,
                                const jni::Object<CameraPosition>& position,
                                jni::jboolean _showLogo,
-                               const jni::String& _programCacheDir)
+                               const jni::String& _programCacheDir,
+                               const jni::String& _localIdeographFontFamily)
         : javaPeer(_env, _obj)
         , pixelRatio(_pixelRatio)
         , threadPool(sharedThreadPool()) {
@@ -65,7 +66,10 @@ MapSnapshotter::MapSnapshotter(jni::JNIEnv& _env,
                                                          pixelRatio,
                                                          cameraOptions,
                                                          bounds,
-                                                         jni::Make<std::string>(_env, _programCacheDir));
+                                                         jni::Make<std::string>(_env, _programCacheDir),
+                                                         _localIdeographFontFamily ?
+                                                            jni::Make<std::string>(_env, _localIdeographFontFamily) :
+                                                            optional<std::string>{});
 
 }
 
@@ -156,7 +160,7 @@ void MapSnapshotter::registerNative(jni::JNIEnv& env) {
 
     // Register the peer
     jni::RegisterNativePeer<MapSnapshotter>(env, javaClass, "nativePtr",
-                                            jni::MakePeer<MapSnapshotter, const jni::Object<MapSnapshotter>&, const jni::Object<FileSource>&, jni::jfloat, jni::jint, jni::jint, const jni::String&, const jni::String&, const jni::Object<LatLngBounds>&, const jni::Object<CameraPosition>&, jni::jboolean, const jni::String&>,
+                                            jni::MakePeer<MapSnapshotter, const jni::Object<MapSnapshotter>&, const jni::Object<FileSource>&, jni::jfloat, jni::jint, jni::jint, const jni::String&, const jni::String&, const jni::Object<LatLngBounds>&, const jni::Object<CameraPosition>&, jni::jboolean, const jni::String&, const jni::String&>,
                                            "nativeInitialize",
                                            "finalize",
                                             METHOD(&MapSnapshotter::setStyleUrl, "setStyleUrl"),
diff --git a/platform/android/src/snapshotter/map_snapshotter.hpp b/platform/android/src/snapshotter/map_snapshotter.hpp
index e20acf4f1..e8c0885ff 100644
--- a/platform/android/src/snapshotter/map_snapshotter.hpp
+++ b/platform/android/src/snapshotter/map_snapshotter.hpp
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ public:
                    const jni::Object<LatLngBounds>& region,
                    const jni::Object<CameraPosition>& position,
                    jni::jboolean showLogo,
-                   const jni::String& programCacheDir);
+                   const jni::String& programCacheDir,
+                   const jni::String& localIdeographFontFamily);
 
     ~MapSnapshotter();