diff --git a/src/evaluator.js b/src/evaluator.js
index 3da4322c0..276d59543 100644
--- a/src/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/evaluator.js
@@ -1089,9 +1089,30 @@ var PartialEvaluator = (function PartialEvaluatorClosure() {
       properties.widths = glyphsWidths;
     },
 
+    isSerifFont: function PartialEvaluator_isSerifFont(baseFontName) {
+
+      // Simulating descriptor flags attribute
+      var fontNameWoStyle = baseFontName.split('-')[0];
+      return (fontNameWoStyle in serifFonts) ||
+          (fontNameWoStyle.search(/serif/gi) !== -1);
+    },
+
     getBaseFontMetrics: function PartialEvaluator_getBaseFontMetrics(name) {
       var defaultWidth = 0, widths = [], monospace = false;
-      var glyphWidths = Metrics[stdFontMap[name] || name];
+
+      var lookupName = stdFontMap[name] || name;
+
+      if (!(lookupName in Metrics)) {
+        // Use default fonts for looking up font metrics if the passed
+        // font is not a base font
+        if (this.isSerifFont(name)) {
+          lookupName = 'Times-Roman';
+        } else {
+          lookupName = 'Helvetica';
+        }
+      }
+      var glyphWidths = Metrics[lookupName];
+
       if (isNum(glyphWidths)) {
         defaultWidth = glyphWidths;
         monospace = true;
@@ -1153,8 +1174,8 @@ var PartialEvaluator = (function PartialEvaluatorClosure() {
 
           // Simulating descriptor flags attribute
           var fontNameWoStyle = baseFontName.split('-')[0];
-          var flags = (serifFonts[fontNameWoStyle] ||
-            (fontNameWoStyle.search(/serif/gi) != -1) ? FontFlags.Serif : 0) |
+          var flags = (
+            this.isSerifFont(fontNameWoStyle) ? FontFlags.Serif : 0) |
             (metrics.monospace ? FontFlags.FixedPitch : 0) |
             (symbolsFonts[fontNameWoStyle] ? FontFlags.Symbolic :
             FontFlags.Nonsymbolic);
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index 050b533fe..ef210099d 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 !tracemonkey.pdf
 !issue2391-1.pdf
+!issue2391-2.pdf
 !ArabicCIDTrueType.pdf
 !ThuluthFeatures.pdf
 !arial_unicode_ab_cidfont.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue2391-2.pdf b/test/pdfs/issue2391-2.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3683e5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pdfs/issue2391-2.pdf
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
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+%âãÏÓ
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+<<
+/Pages 2 0 R
+/Metadata 3 0 R
+/Type /Catalog
+>>
+endobj 
+2 0 obj 
+<<
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+/Count 1
+/Type /Pages
+>>
+endobj 
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+<<
+/Rotate 0
+/Parent 2 0 R
+/Resources 
+<<
+/ExtGState 5 0 R
+/Font 6 0 R
+/ProcSet [/PDF /Text]
+>>
+/MediaBox [0 0 595 842]
+/Contents 7 0 R
+/Type /Page
+>>
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+>>
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+q 0.1 0 0 0.1 0 0 cm
+/R7 gs
+0 g
+q
+10 0 0 10 0 0 cm BT
+/R8 10 Tf
+1 0 0 1 29 805 Tm
+(test non-existant base font)Tj
+ET
+Q
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+
+endstream 
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+/Type /Font
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+/Type /Metadata
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+stream
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+<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf='http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#' xmlns:iX='http://ns.adobe.com/iX/1.0/'>
+<rdf:Description rdf:about='uuid:5da849aa-943d-11ed-0000-29e0e127fe1e' xmlns:pdf='http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/' pdf:Producer='GPL Ghostscript 9.05'/>
+<rdf:Description rdf:about='uuid:5da849aa-943d-11ed-0000-29e0e127fe1e' xmlns:xmp='http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/'><xmp:ModifyDate>2013-01-11T10:57:59-08:00</xmp:ModifyDate>
+<xmp:CreateDate>2013-01-11T10:57:59-08:00</xmp:CreateDate>
+<xmp:CreatorTool>GNU Enscript 1.6.6</xmp:CreatorTool></rdf:Description>
+<rdf:Description rdf:about='uuid:5da849aa-943d-11ed-0000-29e0e127fe1e' xmlns:xapMM='http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/' xapMM:DocumentID='uuid:5da849aa-943d-11ed-0000-29e0e127fe1e'/>
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+</rdf:RDF>
+</x:xmpmeta>
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+endobj 
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+/Title (Enscript Output)
+/Producer (GPL Ghostscript 9.05)
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+/CreationDate (D:20130111105759-08'00')
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diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index 14026c9e2..da4821a48 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
       "pageLimit": 1,
       "type": "load"
     },
+    {  "id": "issue2391-2",
+      "file": "pdfs/issue2391-2.pdf",
+      "md5": "7e68756d11021a087383eaac95ba45dd",
+      "rounds": 1,
+      "type": "eq"
+    },
     {  "id": "html5-canvas-cheat-sheet-load",
        "file": "pdfs/canvas.pdf",
        "md5": "59510028561daf62e00bf9f6f066b033",