diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index d33760f68..7bbe31745 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ pub fn init(
             if (config.@"font-family") |family| {
                 var disco_it = try disco.discover(.{
                     .family = family,
+                    .style = config.@"font-style",
                     .size = font_size.points,
                     .variations = config.@"font-variation".list.items,
                 });
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ pub fn init(
             if (config.@"font-family-bold") |family| {
                 var disco_it = try disco.discover(.{
                     .family = family,
+                    .style = config.@"font-style-bold",
                     .size = font_size.points,
                     .bold = true,
                     .variations = config.@"font-variation-bold".list.items,
@@ -263,6 +265,7 @@ pub fn init(
             if (config.@"font-family-italic") |family| {
                 var disco_it = try disco.discover(.{
                     .family = family,
+                    .style = config.@"font-style-italic",
                     .size = font_size.points,
                     .italic = true,
                     .variations = config.@"font-variation-italic".list.items,
@@ -276,6 +279,7 @@ pub fn init(
             if (config.@"font-family-bold-italic") |family| {
                 var disco_it = try disco.discover(.{
                     .family = family,
+                    .style = config.@"font-style-bold-italic",
                     .size = font_size.points,
                     .bold = true,
                     .italic = true,
diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index b0fac6b43..1f2c3e82e 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ const c = @cImport({
 @"font-family-italic": ?[:0]const u8 = null,
 @"font-family-bold-italic": ?[:0]const u8 = null,
 
+/// The named font style to use for each of the requested terminal font
+/// styles. This looks up the style based on the font style string advertised
+/// by the font itself. For example, "Iosevka Heavy" has a style of "Heavy".
+@"font-style": ?[:0]const u8 = null,
+@"font-style-bold": ?[:0]const u8 = null,
+@"font-style-italic": ?[:0]const u8 = null,
+@"font-style-bold-italic": ?[:0]const u8 = null,
+
 /// Apply a font feature. This can be repeated multiple times to enable
 /// multiple font features. You can NOT set multiple font features with
 /// a single value (yet).