diff --git a/tests/default_fonts/test.sh b/tests/default_fonts/test.sh
index 6b54a68..ce024e3 100755
--- a/tests/default_fonts/test.sh
+++ b/tests/default_fonts/test.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ function test_default_fonts {
     local defaultemoji=${7:-0}
     local defaultmath=${8:-0}
 
+    if [ "$fclang" == "-" ]; then
+        fclang="en"
+    fi
     rlPhaseStartTest "Default fonts test for $pkg"
         IFS=, read -ra langlist <<< "$fclang"
         for g in sans serif mono emoji math; do
diff --git a/tests/generic_alias/test.sh b/tests/generic_alias/test.sh
index ec79df1..b9cc12d 100755
--- a/tests/generic_alias/test.sh
+++ b/tests/generic_alias/test.sh
@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ function test_generic_alias {
     rlPhaseStartTest "Generic alias test for $pkg"
         prepare_test $pkg
         rlRun "cat $tmpconfd/$pkg.conf"
-        rlRun "FONTCONFIG_FILE=$tmpconfd/$pkg.conf fc-match -f \"%{family[0]}\\n\" \":family=$fcfamily:lang=$fclang:width=$fcwidth\" | tee output" 0 "Matching a font"
-        rlAssertGrep "^$fcresult\$" "output"
+	if [ "$fclang" == "-" ]; then
+            rlLogInfo "$pkg:$fcfamily: Skipped."
+        else
+            rlRun "FONTCONFIG_FILE=$tmpconfd/$pkg.conf fc-match -f \"%{family[0]}\\n\" \":family=$fcfamily:lang=$fclang:width=$fcwidth\" | tee output" 0 "Matching a font"
+            rlAssertGrep "^$fcresult\$" "output"
+        fi
     rlPhaseEnd
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/lang_coverage/test.sh b/tests/lang_coverage/test.sh
index 03cbc94..70f353c 100755
--- a/tests/lang_coverage/test.sh
+++ b/tests/lang_coverage/test.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ function test_lang_coverage {
         for f in $(get_font_path $pkg); do
             if echo $f|grep -Eq "\.(t1|ttf|otf|ttc|otc|pcf.*|pfa)$"; then
                 set -f
-                if [ $(check_exception $fcexpat $f) -ne 0 ] && [ -f $f ]; then
+                if [ "$fclang" == "-" ]; then
+                    rlLogInfo "Skipping $f (no language provided)"
+                elif [ $(check_exception $fcexpat $f) -ne 0 ] && [ -f $f ]; then
                     IFS=, read -ra langlist <<< "$fclang"
                     for l in "${langlist[@]}"; do
                         rlRun "fc-validate -l $l $f" 0 "$pkg:$(basename $f): Check language coverage for $l"