diff --git a/lib/subsetFonts.js b/lib/subsetFonts.js
index 4a325ec4..f6fc6f35 100644
--- a/lib/subsetFonts.js
+++ b/lib/subsetFonts.js
@@ -776,8 +776,9 @@ These glyphs are used on your site, but they don't exist in the font you applied
 }
 
 const standardVariationAxes = new Set(['wght', 'wdth', 'ital', 'slnt', 'opsz']);
-// Tracing the ranges of these standard axes require a bit more work, so just skip them for now:
-const ignoredVariationAxes = new Set(['slnt', 'opsz']);
+// It would be very hard to trace statically which values of opsz (font-optical-sizing)
+// are going to be used, so we ignore that one:
+const ignoredVariationAxes = new Set(['opsz']);
 
 function renderNumberRange(min, max) {
   if (min === max) {
@@ -825,6 +826,25 @@ function warnAboutUnusedVariationAxes(
           seenAxes.set('ital', seenItalValues);
         }
       }
+      const seenSlntValues = [];
+      if (fontStyles.has('oblique')) {
+        // https://www.w3.org/TR/css-fonts-4/#font-style-prop
+        // oblique <angle>?
+        // [...] The lack of an <angle> represents 14deg.
+        seenSlntValues.push(14);
+      }
+      // If any font-style value except oblique is seen (including normal or italic)
+      // we're also utilizing value 0:
+      if (fontStyles.size > fontStyles.has('oblique') ? 1 : 0) {
+        seenSlntValues.push(0);
+      }
+      if (seenSlntValues.length > 0) {
+        if (seenAxes.has('slnt')) {
+          seenAxes.get('slnt').push(...seenSlntValues);
+        } else {
+          seenAxes.set('slnt', seenSlntValues);
+        }
+      }
 
       const minMaxFontWeight = parseFontWeightRange(props['font-weight']);
       const seenFontWeightValues = [];
diff --git a/test/subsetFonts.js b/test/subsetFonts.js
index c59c8003..999f96a8 100644
--- a/test/subsetFonts.js
+++ b/test/subsetFonts.js
@@ -2896,7 +2896,7 @@ describe('subsetFonts', function () {
         infoSpy({
           message: expect.it(
             'to contain',
-            'RobotoFlex-VariableFont_GRAD,XTRA,YOPQ,YTAS,YTDE,YTFI,YTLC,YTUC,opsz,slnt,wdth,wght.ttf:\n  Unused axes: wght, wdth, GRAD, XOPQ, YOPQ, YTLC, YTUC, YTDE, YTFI\n  Underutilized axes:\n    YTAS: 400-750 used (649-854 available)'
+            'RobotoFlex-VariableFont_GRAD,XTRA,YOPQ,YTAS,YTDE,YTFI,YTLC,YTUC,opsz,slnt,wdth,wght.ttf:\n  Unused axes: wght, wdth, GRAD, slnt, XOPQ, YOPQ, YTLC, YTUC, YTDE, YTFI\n  Underutilized axes:\n    YTAS: 400-750 used (649-854 available)'
           ),
         });
       });
@@ -3024,6 +3024,86 @@ describe('subsetFonts', function () {
       });
     });
 
+    describe('for the slnt axis', function () {
+      describe('when only font-style: normal is used', function () {
+        it('should emit an info event', async function () {
+          const assetGraph = new AssetGraph({
+            root: pathModule.resolve(
+              __dirname,
+              '../testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/'
+            ),
+          });
+          await assetGraph.loadAssets('normal.html');
+          await assetGraph.populate();
+          const infoSpy = sinon.spy().named('info');
+          assetGraph.on('info', infoSpy);
+
+          await subsetFonts(assetGraph);
+
+          expect(infoSpy, 'to have calls satisfying', function () {
+            infoSpy({
+              message: expect.it(
+                'to contain',
+                'Unused axes: wght, wdth, GRAD, slnt, XTRA, XOPQ, YOPQ, YTLC, YTUC, YTAS, YTDE, YTFI'
+              ),
+            });
+          });
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('when only font-style: oblique is used', function () {
+        it('should emit an info event', async function () {
+          const assetGraph = new AssetGraph({
+            root: pathModule.resolve(
+              __dirname,
+              '../testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/'
+            ),
+          });
+          await assetGraph.loadAssets('oblique.html');
+          await assetGraph.populate();
+          const infoSpy = sinon.spy().named('info');
+          assetGraph.on('info', infoSpy);
+
+          await subsetFonts(assetGraph);
+
+          expect(infoSpy, 'to have calls satisfying', function () {
+            infoSpy({
+              message: expect.it(
+                'to contain',
+                'Underutilized axes:\n    slnt: 14 used (-10-0 available)'
+              ),
+            });
+          });
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('when both font-style: normal and font-style: oblique are used', function () {
+        it('should emit an info event', async function () {
+          const assetGraph = new AssetGraph({
+            root: pathModule.resolve(
+              __dirname,
+              '../testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/'
+            ),
+          });
+          await assetGraph.loadAssets('normal_and_oblique.html');
+          await assetGraph.populate();
+          const infoSpy = sinon.spy().named('info');
+          assetGraph.on('info', infoSpy);
+
+          await subsetFonts(assetGraph);
+
+          expect(infoSpy, 'to have calls satisfying', function () {
+            infoSpy({
+              message: expect.it(
+                'to contain',
+                'Underutilized axes:\n    slnt: 0-14 used (-10-0 available)'
+              ),
+            });
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('being animated with a cubic-bezier timing function', function () {
       describe('that stays within bounds', function () {
         it('should inform about the axis being underutilized', async function () {
diff --git a/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/RobotoFlex-VariableFont_GRAD,XTRA,YOPQ,YTAS,YTDE,YTFI,YTLC,YTUC,opsz,slnt,wdth,wght.ttf b/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/RobotoFlex-VariableFont_GRAD,XTRA,YOPQ,YTAS,YTDE,YTFI,YTLC,YTUC,opsz,slnt,wdth,wght.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cf1ecbf
Binary files /dev/null and b/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/RobotoFlex-VariableFont_GRAD,XTRA,YOPQ,YTAS,YTDE,YTFI,YTLC,YTUC,opsz,slnt,wdth,wght.ttf differ
diff --git a/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/normal.html b/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/normal.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb5dc62f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/normal.html
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta charset=utf-8>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
+    <style>
+      p {
+        font-size: 100px;
+        font-family: MyFontFamily, sans-serif;
+        font-style: normal;
+      }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <p>Hello, world!</p>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/normal_and_oblique.html b/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/normal_and_oblique.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2125f41c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/normal_and_oblique.html
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta charset=utf-8>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
+    <style>
+      p {
+        font-size: 100px;
+        font-family: MyFontFamily, sans-serif;
+        font-style: normal;
+      }
+
+      .oblique {
+        font-style: oblique;
+      }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <p>Hello, world!</p>
+    <p class="oblique"">Hello, world!</p>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/oblique.html b/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/oblique.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06f3f3e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/oblique.html
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta charset=utf-8>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
+    <style>
+      p {
+        font-size: 100px;
+        font-family: MyFontFamily, sans-serif;
+        font-style: oblique;
+      }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <p>Hello, world!</p>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/styles.css b/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/styles.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25dd3990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/subsetFonts/variable-font-unused-slnt-axis/styles.css
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+@font-face {
+  font-family: MyFontFamily;
+  src: url('RobotoFlex-VariableFont_GRAD,XTRA,YOPQ,YTAS,YTDE,YTFI,YTLC,YTUC,opsz,slnt,wdth,wght.ttf')
+    format('woff2-variations');
+}