diff --git a/src/core/fonts.js b/src/core/fonts.js
index 54a53d99e..faaf294d9 100644
--- a/src/core/fonts.js
+++ b/src/core/fonts.js
@@ -2144,11 +2144,12 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
 
       var isTrueType = !tables['CFF '];
       if (!isTrueType) {
-        // OpenType font
-        if ((header.version === 'OTTO' && !properties.composite) ||
+        // OpenType font (skip composite fonts with non-default CID to GID map).
+        if ((header.version === 'OTTO' &&
+             !(properties.composite && properties.cidToGidMap)) ||
             !tables['head'] || !tables['hhea'] || !tables['maxp'] ||
             !tables['post']) {
-          // no major tables: throwing everything at CFFFont
+          // No major tables: throwing everything at `CFFFont`.
           cffFile = new Stream(tables['CFF '].data);
           cff = new CFFFont(cffFile, properties);
 
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index abaf1da18..7e2075e6c 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 !issue8125.pdf
 !issue8372.pdf
 !issue8424.pdf
+!issue8480.pdf
 !bad-PageLabels.pdf
 !filled-background.pdf
 !ArabicCIDTrueType.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue8480.pdf b/test/pdfs/issue8480.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb1773285
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/pdfs/issue8480.pdf differ
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index 2b07ae514..4c98490d4 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -1149,6 +1149,13 @@
        "link": false,
        "type": "eq"
     },
+    {  "id": "issue8480",
+       "file": "pdfs/issue8480.pdf",
+       "md5": "769bc07bf8041d95667f2d32aaf75665",
+       "rounds": 1,
+       "link": false,
+       "type": "eq"
+    },
     {  "id": "tutorial",
        "file": "pdfs/tutorial.pdf",
        "md5": "6e122f618c27f3aa9a689423e3be6b8d",