diff --git a/stand/common/gfx_fb.c b/stand/common/gfx_fb.c
index f73899c50525..76fd8855a5be 100644
--- a/stand/common/gfx_fb.c
+++ b/stand/common/gfx_fb.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 /* VGA text mode does use bold font. */
 #if !defined(VGA_8X16_FONT)
-#define	VGA_8X16_FONT		"/boot/fonts/8x16v.fnt"
+#define	VGA_8X16_FONT		"/boot/fonts/8x16b.fnt"
 #endif
 #if !defined(DEFAULT_8X16_FONT)
 #define	DEFAULT_8X16_FONT	"/boot/fonts/8x16.fnt"
diff --git a/stand/fonts/Makefile b/stand/fonts/Makefile
index b7b2ea7a0f0d..cf45c7ce5e30 100644
--- a/stand/fonts/Makefile
+++ b/stand/fonts/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ FONTS=	\
 	8x14.fnt.gz \
 	8x14v.fnt.gz \
 	8x16.fnt.gz \
+	8x16b.fnt.gz \
 	8x16v.fnt.gz \
 	10x18.fnt.gz \
 	10x20.fnt.gz \
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ CLEANFILES+=	${FONTS} ${FONTS:T:S/${COMPRESS_EXT}//g}
 	${COMPRESS_CMD} ${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET}
 8x16.fnt.gz: 8x16.fnt
 	${COMPRESS_CMD} ${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET}
+8x16b.fnt.gz: 8x16b.fnt
+	${COMPRESS_CMD} ${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET}
 8x16v.fnt.gz: 8x16v.fnt
 	${COMPRESS_CMD} ${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET}
 10x18.fnt.gz: 10x18.fnt
@@ -57,6 +60,9 @@ CLEANFILES+=	${FONTS} ${FONTS:T:S/${COMPRESS_EXT}//g}
 8x16.fnt: ter-u16n.bdf ter-u16b.bdf
 	vtfontcvt -o ${.TARGET} ${.ALLSRC}
 
+8x16b.fnt: ter-u16b.bdf
+	vtfontcvt -o ${.TARGET} ${.ALLSRC}
+
 8x16v.fnt: ter-u16v.bdf
 	vtfontcvt -o ${.TARGET} ${.ALLSRC}