diff --git a/include/wx/strconv.h b/include/wx/strconv.h
index 050fbac84a..7d22b34c0a 100644
--- a/include/wx/strconv.h
+++ b/include/wx/strconv.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ private:
 
 #define wxConvFile wxConvLocal
 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxCSConv) wxConvLocal;
+WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxCSConv) wxConvISO8859_1;
 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxMBConv *) wxConvCurrent;
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ public:
     const char* cWX2MB(const char *psz) const { return psz; }
 };
 
-WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxMBConv) wxConvLibc, wxConvFile, wxConvLocal;
+WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxMBConv) wxConvLibc, wxConvFile, wxConvLocal, wxConvISO8859_1;
 WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern wxMBConv *) wxConvCurrent;
 
 #define wxFNCONV(name) name
diff --git a/src/common/strconv.cpp b/src/common/strconv.cpp
index 8d8d255d43..a14743d43d 100644
--- a/src/common/strconv.cpp
+++ b/src/common/strconv.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
     WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(wxMBConv) wxConvLibc;
     WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(wxCSConv) wxConvLocal((const wxChar *)NULL);
+    WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(wxCSConv) wxConvISO8859_1(_T("iso-8859-1"));
 #else
     // stand-ins in absence of wchar_t
     WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(wxMBConv) wxConvLibc, wxConvFile, wxConvLocal;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ public:
     {
 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
          wxConvLocal.Clear();
+         wxConvISO8859_1.Clear();
 #endif
     }