diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_DrawableText.h b/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_DrawableText.h
index 71d2027102..fb0358b3e5 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_DrawableText.h
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_DrawableText.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public:
 private:
     //==============================================================================
     Parallelogram<float> bounds;
-    float fontHeight, fontHScale;
+    float fontHeight{}, fontHScale{};
     Font font { withDefaultMetrics (FontOptions{}) }, scaledFont { withDefaultMetrics (FontOptions{}) };
     String text;
     bool preserveWhitespace = false;