diff --git a/src/core/fonts.js b/src/core/fonts.js
index cbd9c1f35..93cd088be 100644
--- a/src/core/fonts.js
+++ b/src/core/fonts.js
@@ -2252,7 +2252,7 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
       var isTrueType = !tables['CFF '];
       if (!isTrueType) {
         // OpenType font
-        if ((header.version === 'OTTO' && properties.type !== 'CIDFontType2') ||
+        if ((header.version === 'OTTO' && !properties.composite) ||
             !tables['head'] || !tables['hhea'] || !tables['maxp'] ||
             !tables['post']) {
           // no major tables: throwing everything at CFFFont
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ var Font = (function FontClosure() {
         return false;
       }
 
-      if (properties.type === 'CIDFontType2') {
+      if (properties.composite) {
         var cidToGidMap = properties.cidToGidMap || [];
         var isCidToGidMapEmpty = cidToGidMap.length === 0;
 
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index 29e59377e..236db80c9 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 !issue7835.pdf
 !issue7855.pdf
 !issue7872.pdf
+!issue7901.pdf
 !bad-PageLabels.pdf
 !filled-background.pdf
 !ArabicCIDTrueType.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue7901.pdf b/test/pdfs/issue7901.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..864c5c4f5
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/pdfs/issue7901.pdf differ
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index 732bca438..50d5306c8 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -1113,6 +1113,13 @@
        "rounds": 1,
        "type": "eq"
     },
+    {  "id": "issue7901",
+       "file": "pdfs/issue7901.pdf",
+       "md5": "16059a3af6e81ae9272daa57ea03e6e9",
+       "rounds": 1,
+       "link": false,
+       "type": "eq"
+    },
     {  "id": "tutorial",
        "file": "pdfs/tutorial.pdf",
        "md5": "6e122f618c27f3aa9a689423e3be6b8d",