diff --git a/src/hb-subset-cff-common.hh b/src/hb-subset-cff-common.hh
index d5f7ec108c20785ddb2a311dfc5989625c6ca537..d297076e86496e92f53f647f0f4c85e0c400d823 100644
--- a/src/hb-subset-cff-common.hh
+++ b/src/hb-subset-cff-common.hh
@@ -857,6 +857,10 @@ struct SubrSubsetter
             drop.ends_in_hint = true;
           break;
 
+        case OpCode_dotsection:
+          str.values[pos].set_drop ();
+          break;
+
         default:
           /* NONE */
           break;
diff --git a/src/hb-subset-cff1.cc b/src/hb-subset-cff1.cc
index 412443805d4687ac07525f793b50b1671edff3bb..c889e1067ba159cd4464ce869b7bdc978f8c4562 100644
--- a/src/hb-subset-cff1.cc
+++ b/src/hb-subset-cff1.cc
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ struct CFF1CSOpSet_Flatten : CFF1CSOpSet<CFF1CSOpSet_Flatten, FlattenParam>
       case OpCode_vstemhm:
       case OpCode_hintmask:
       case OpCode_cntrmask:
+      case OpCode_dotsection:
         if (param.drop_hints)
         {
           env.clear_args ();
diff --git a/test/api/fonts/cff1_dotsect.nohints.otf b/test/api/fonts/cff1_dotsect.nohints.otf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..faa932ee0836feb1d2b9c3844b7de9f42aa484e0
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/api/fonts/cff1_dotsect.nohints.otf differ
diff --git a/test/api/fonts/cff1_dotsect.otf b/test/api/fonts/cff1_dotsect.otf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dabd4b38562aad3861e8cf5e532515ff662a71d8
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/api/fonts/cff1_dotsect.otf differ
diff --git a/test/api/test-subset-cff1.c b/test/api/test-subset-cff1.c
index 6ac57903dcc24a98d8f5104f2e949f615038f0fc..30204dd90ee578dae6a25580d7371505b2dd214b 100644
--- a/test/api/test-subset-cff1.c
+++ b/test/api/test-subset-cff1.c
@@ -266,6 +266,26 @@ test_subset_cff1_seac (void)
   hb_face_destroy (face);
 }
 
+static void
+test_subset_cff1_dotsection (void)
+{
+  hb_face_t *face = hb_test_open_font_file ("fonts/cff1_dotsect.otf");
+  hb_face_t *face_subset = hb_test_open_font_file ("fonts/cff1_dotsect.nohints.otf");
+
+  hb_set_t *codepoints = hb_set_create ();
+  hb_set_add (codepoints, 0x69);  /* i */
+  hb_subset_input_t *input = hb_subset_test_create_input (codepoints);
+  hb_subset_input_set_drop_hints (input, true);
+  hb_face_t *face_test = hb_subset_test_create_subset (face, input);
+  hb_set_destroy (codepoints);
+
+  hb_subset_test_check (face_subset, face_test, HB_TAG ('C','F','F',' '));
+
+  hb_face_destroy (face_test);
+  hb_face_destroy (face_subset);
+  hb_face_destroy (face);
+}
+
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -282,6 +302,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
   hb_test_add (test_subset_cff1_j_desubr_strip_hints);
   hb_test_add (test_subset_cff1_expert);
   hb_test_add (test_subset_cff1_seac);
+  hb_test_add (test_subset_cff1_dotsection);
 
   return hb_test_run ();
 }