diff --git a/R-3.6.3-fix-symbol-font.patch b/R-3.6.3-fix-symbol-font.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3584f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R-3.6.3-fix-symbol-font.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up R-3.6.3/src/library/grDevices/src/cairo/cairoFns.c.symbol R-3.6.3/src/library/grDevices/src/cairo/cairoFns.c
+--- R-3.6.3/src/library/grDevices/src/cairo/cairoFns.c.symbol	2020-05-01 12:16:01.605789337 +0200
++++ R-3.6.3/src/library/grDevices/src/cairo/cairoFns.c	2020-05-01 12:16:11.757724467 +0200
+@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static PangoFontDescription
+ 
+     fontdesc = pango_font_description_new();
+     if (face == 5)
+-	pango_font_description_set_family(fontdesc, "symbol");
++	pango_font_description_set_family(fontdesc, "OpenSymbol");
+     else {
+ 	const char *fm = gc->fontfamily;
+ 	if (!fm[0]) fm = family;
diff --git a/R.spec b/R.spec
index 46c1e65..3aab7b2 100644
--- a/R.spec
+++ b/R.spec
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 %global runjavareconf 1
 
 # lapack comes from openblas, whenever possible.
-# We decided to implement this change in Fedora 32+ and EPEL-8 only.
+# We decided to implement this change in Fedora 31+ and EPEL-8 only.
 # This was to minimize the impact on end-users who might have R modules
 # installed locally with the old dependency on libRlapack.so
-%if 0%{?fedora} >= 32
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 31
 %global syslapack 1
 %else
 %if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} >= 8
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@
 
 %if 0%{?fedora} >= 31
 %global usemacros 1
+%global symbolsfont 1
 %else
 %if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} >= 8
 %global usemacros 1
 %else
 %global usemacros 0
+%global symbolsfont 0
 %endif
 %endif
 
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@
 
 Name: R
 Version: 3.6.3
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 Summary: A language for data analysis and graphics
 URL: http://www.r-project.org
 Source0: https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -258,6 +260,12 @@ BuildRequires: tex(upquote.sty)
 BuildRequires: devtoolset-%{dts_version}-toolchain
 %endif
 
+# see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1815128
+Patch2: R-3.6.3-fix-symbol-font.patch
+%if %{symbolsfont}
+BuildRequires: libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts
+%endif
+
 # R-devel will pull in R-core
 Requires: R-devel = %{version}-%{release}
 # libRmath-devel will pull in libRmath
@@ -316,6 +324,10 @@ Requires: openblas-Rblas
 Requires: devtoolset-%{dts_version}-toolchain
 %endif
 
+%if %{symbolsfont}
+Requires: libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts
+%endif
+
 # These are the submodules that R-core provides. Sometimes R modules say they
 # depend on one of these submodules rather than just R. These are provided for
 # packager convenience.
@@ -509,6 +521,9 @@ from the R project.  This package provides the static libRmath library.
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
 %endif
 %patch1 -p1 -b .fixpath
+%if %{symbolsfont}
+%patch2 -p1 -b .symbol
+%endif
 
 # Filter false positive provides.
 cat <<EOF > %{name}-prov
@@ -1234,6 +1249,12 @@ R CMD javareconf \
 %{_libdir}/libRmath.a
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 31 2020 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 3.6.3-3
+- rebuild with syslapack on
+
+* Fri May  1 2020 Iñaki Úcar <iucar@fedoraproject.org> - 3.6.3-2
+- fix symbol font display with pango >= 1.44
+
 * Mon Mar  2 2020 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 3.6.3-1
 - update to 3.6.3
 - conditionalize lapack changes from previous commits to Fedora 32+ and EPEL-8