diff --git a/make-includes/standard_rules.make b/make-includes/standard_rules.make
index fba49af..6f9d9f4 100644
--- a/make-includes/standard_rules.make
+++ b/make-includes/standard_rules.make
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 # PDFs (previously it over-cropped slightly).
 #
 %.pdf %-print.pdf: %.svg
-	$(INKSCAPE) --file=$< --without-gui --export-area-drawing --export-pdf=$(IMGDIR)/$@
+	$(INKSCAPE) --file=$< --without-gui --export-area-drawing --export-text-to-path --export-pdf=$(IMGDIR)/$@
 #
 # PNG from SVG (via Inkscape)
 #