diff --git a/src/themes/default/globals/site.variables b/src/themes/default/globals/site.variables
index 5d87d4b47..654fb1c0f 100644
--- a/src/themes/default/globals/site.variables
+++ b/src/themes/default/globals/site.variables
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
 @importGoogleFonts : true;
 @googleFontName    : 'Lato';
 @googleFontSizes   : '400,700,400italic,700italic';
+@googleSubset      : 'latin';
 
 @googleProtocol    : 'http://';
-@googleFontRequest : '@{googleFontName}:@{googleFontSizes}';
+@googleFontRequest : '@{googleFontName}:@{googleFontSizes}&subset=@{@googleSubset}';
 
 /*-------------------
       Base Sizes