diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index a31ff244c..e51356eaa 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import pathlib
 import re
 import urllib
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
@@ -202,6 +203,11 @@ def init_app(application):
     application.before_request(load_organisation_before_request)
     application.before_request(request_helper.check_proxy_header_before_request)
 
+    font_paths = [
+        str(item)[len(asset_fingerprinter._filesystem_path):]
+        for item in pathlib.Path(asset_fingerprinter._filesystem_path).glob('fonts/*.woff2')
+    ]
+
     @application.context_processor
     def _attach_current_service():
         return {'current_service': current_service}
@@ -228,7 +234,8 @@ def init_app(application):
         return {
             'asset_path': application.config['ASSET_PATH'],
             'header_colour': application.config['HEADER_COLOUR'],
-            'asset_url': asset_fingerprinter.get_url
+            'asset_url': asset_fingerprinter.get_url,
+            'font_paths': font_paths,
         }
 
     application.url_map.converters['uuid'].to_python = lambda self, value: value
diff --git a/app/asset_fingerprinter.py b/app/asset_fingerprinter.py
index 228b9d512..c6fa3859c 100644
--- a/app/asset_fingerprinter.py
+++ b/app/asset_fingerprinter.py
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ class AssetFingerprinter(object):
         self._asset_root = asset_root
         self._filesystem_path = filesystem_path
 
-    def get_url(self, asset_path):
+    def get_url(self, asset_path, with_querystring_hash=True):
+        if not with_querystring_hash:
+            return self._asset_root + asset_path
         if asset_path not in self._cache:
             self._cache[asset_path] = (
                 self._asset_root +
diff --git a/app/templates/admin_template.html b/app/templates/admin_template.html
index 4d5f1c006..a492c9716 100644
--- a/app/templates/admin_template.html
+++ b/app/templates/admin_template.html
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block head %}
+  {%- for font in font_paths %}
+  <link rel="preload" href="{{ asset_url(font, with_querystring_hash=False) }}" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>
+  {%- endfor %}
   <link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" href="{{ asset_url('stylesheets/main.css') }}" />
   <link rel="stylesheet" media="print" href="{{ asset_url('stylesheets/print.css') }}" />
   {% block extra_stylesheets %}
diff --git a/tests/app/main/test_asset_fingerprinter.py b/tests/app/main/test_asset_fingerprinter.py
index 581294dbd..50513dd4f 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/test_asset_fingerprinter.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/test_asset_fingerprinter.py
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ class TestAssetFingerprint(object):
             'app/static/application.css'
         )
 
+    def test_without_hash_if_requested(self, mocker):
+        fingerprinter = AssetFingerprinter()
+        assert fingerprinter.get_url(
+            'application.css',
+            with_querystring_hash=False,
+        ) == (
+            '/static/application.css'
+        )
+        assert fingerprinter._cache == {}
+
 
 class TestAssetFingerprintWithUnicode(object):
     def test_can_read_self(self):
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_index.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_index.py
index 4067452bc..3615b1c65 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_index.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_index.py
@@ -331,3 +331,19 @@ def test_letter_spec_redirect_with_non_logged_in_user(client_request):
             '/documentation/images/notify-pdf-letter-spec-v2.4.pdf'
         ),
     )
+
+
+def test_font_preload(
+    client_request,
+    mock_get_service_and_organisation_counts,
+):
+    client_request.logout()
+    page = client_request.get('main.index', _test_page_title=False)
+
+    preload_tags = page.select('link[rel=preload][as=font][type="font/woff2"][crossorigin]')
+
+    assert len(preload_tags) == 4, 'Run `npm build` to copy fonts into app/static/fonts/'
+
+    for element in preload_tags:
+        assert element['href'].startswith('https://static.example.com/fonts/')
+        assert element['href'].endswith('.woff2')