diff --git a/lib/compat/wordpress-6.0/class-wp-webfonts.php b/lib/compat/wordpress-6.0/class-wp-webfonts.php
index 9b5114b7452bb2..3b3b270d115d4f 100644
--- a/lib/compat/wordpress-6.0/class-wp-webfonts.php
+++ b/lib/compat/wordpress-6.0/class-wp-webfonts.php
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ class WP_Webfonts {
 	 */
 	private $stylesheet_handle = '';
 
+	/**
+	 * Allowed file types
+	 */
+	private static $allowed_types = array( 'woff', 'woff2', 'ttf', 'eot', 'otf' );
+
 	/**
 	 * Init.
 	 */
@@ -55,6 +60,9 @@ public function init() {
 
 		// Enqueue webfonts in the block editor.
 		add_action( 'admin_init', array( $this, 'generate_and_enqueue_editor_styles' ) );
+
+		// Preload the font files.
+		add_action( 'wp_head', array( $this, 'preload_webfonts' ) );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -165,6 +173,7 @@ public function validate_font( $font ) {
 			'font-feature-settings',
 			'font-variation-settings',
 			'line-gap-override',
+			'preload',
 			'size-adjust',
 			'src',
 			'unicode-range',
@@ -291,4 +300,24 @@ public function generate_styles() {
 
 		return $styles;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Preload webfonts to improve performance
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function preload_webfonts() {
+		foreach ( $this->get_fonts() as $font ) {
+			if ( ! empty( $font['preload'] ) && $font['preload'] ) {
+				foreach( $font['src'] as $src ) {
+					$src_as_array = explode( '.', $src );
+					$file_type    = end( $src_as_array );
+					if ( ! in_array( $file_type, self::$allowed_types ) ) {
+						$file_type = '';
+					}
+					echo '<link rel="preload" href="' . $src . '" as="font" type="font/' . $file_type . '" crossorigin />';
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }