diff --git a/src/components/ha-sidebar.ts b/src/components/ha-sidebar.ts
index 15205ad2fa..0b7497b254 100644
--- a/src/components/ha-sidebar.ts
+++ b/src/components/ha-sidebar.ts
@@ -949,7 +949,6 @@ class HaSidebar extends SubscribeMixin(LitElement) {
         }
 
         ha-md-list-item .item-text {
-          font-family: var(--ha-font-family-body);
           display: none;
           font-size: var(--ha-font-size-m);
           font-weight: var(--ha-font-weight-medium);
diff --git a/src/resources/theme/typography.globals.ts b/src/resources/theme/typography.globals.ts
index 24b2c1f232..6b8ff6f456 100644
--- a/src/resources/theme/typography.globals.ts
+++ b/src/resources/theme/typography.globals.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ export const typographyStyles = css`
     --material-small-font-size: var(--ha-font-size-xs);
     --material-caption-font-size: var(--ha-font-size-2xs);
     --material-button-font-size: var(--ha-font-size-xs);
+
+    /* Add font to lists since default does not handle non-latin characters */
+    --md-list-item-label-text-font: var(--ha-font-family-body);
+    --md-list-item-supporting-text-font: var(--ha-font-family-body);
+    --md-list-item-trailing-supporting-text-font: var(--ha-font-family-body);
   }
 `;