diff --git a/RAMAnimatedTabBarController/RAMAnimatedTabBarController.swift b/RAMAnimatedTabBarController/RAMAnimatedTabBarController.swift
index 07913535..83acd83a 100644
--- a/RAMAnimatedTabBarController/RAMAnimatedTabBarController.swift
+++ b/RAMAnimatedTabBarController/RAMAnimatedTabBarController.swift
@@ -206,7 +206,11 @@ open class RAMAnimatedTabBarController: UITabBarController {
             }
             textLabel.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
             textLabel.textColor = item.textColor
-            textLabel.font =  UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: item.textFontSize)
+            if item.fontName.isEmpty {
+                textLabel.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: item.textFontSize)
+            } else {
+                textLabel.font = UIFont(name: item.fontName, size: item.textFontSize)!
+            }
             textLabel.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.center
             container.addSubview(textLabel)
             
diff --git a/RAMAnimatedTabBarController/RAMAnimatedTabBarItem.swift b/RAMAnimatedTabBarController/RAMAnimatedTabBarItem.swift
index e41057d7..c365e3f9 100644
--- a/RAMAnimatedTabBarController/RAMAnimatedTabBarItem.swift
+++ b/RAMAnimatedTabBarController/RAMAnimatedTabBarItem.swift
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ open class RAMAnimatedTabBarItem: UITabBarItem {
 
     /// The font used to render the UITabBarItem text.
     @IBInspectable open var textFontSize: CGFloat = 10
-
+    
+    /// The font used to render the UITabBarItem text.
+    @IBInspectable open var fontName: String = ""
+    
     /// The color of the UITabBarItem text.
     @IBInspectable open var textColor: UIColor = #colorLiteral(red: 0.5079551811, green: 0.5472556715, blue: 0.6011400746, alpha: 1)