diff --git a/src/gdisp/gdisp.c b/src/gdisp/gdisp.c
index 377ccddb..43b470b2 100644
--- a/src/gdisp/gdisp.c
+++ b/src/gdisp/gdisp.c
@@ -3313,6 +3313,8 @@ void gdispGDrawBox(GDisplay *g, coord_t x, coord_t y, coord_t cx, coord_t cy, co
 		case fontCharPadding:		return 0;
 		case fontMinWidth:			return font->min_x_advance;
 		case fontMaxWidth:			return font->max_x_advance;
+		case fontBaselineX:			return font->baseline_x;
+		case fontBaselineY:			return font->baseline_y;
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/src/gdisp/gdisp.h b/src/gdisp/gdisp.h
index 1bc1c445..298258cb 100644
--- a/src/gdisp/gdisp.h
+++ b/src/gdisp/gdisp.h
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ typedef enum fontmetric {
 	fontLineSpacing,		/**< The line spacing */
 	fontCharPadding,		/**< The char padding */
 	fontMinWidth,			/**< The minimum width */
-	fontMaxWidth			/**< The maximum width */
+	fontMaxWidth,			/**< The maximum width */
+	fontBaselineX,			/**< The base line in x direction */
+	fontBaselineY			/**< The base line in y direction */
 } fontmetric_t;
 
 /**