--- a/libass/ass_fontselect.c
+++ b/libass/ass_fontselect.c
@@ -905,6 +905,17 @@
                     *postscript_name ? *postscript_name : "(none)");
     }
 
+    // No system font provider (the PS4 build): take the first loaded font that has the character, so
+    // Japanese, Korean and Chinese text falls back to the CJK faces of the fonts directory.
+    if (!res && code && !(default_provider && default_provider->funcs.get_fallback)) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < priv->n_font && !res; i++) {
+            ASS_FontInfo *info = &priv->font_infos[i];
+            if (info->n_family > 0 && check_glyph(info, code))
+                res = select_font(priv, info->families[0], false, bold, italic,
+                        index, postscript_name, uid, data, code);
+        }
+    }
+
     if (!res && default_provider && default_provider->funcs.get_fallback) {
         const char *search_family = family;
         if (!search_family || !*search_family)