diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 4185e8e3be..f5e4c531fb 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ All:
 - fix for deleting entries at root level in wxFileConfig
 - wxStopWatch::Start() didn't resume it contrary to the docs
 - accept '\r' as delimiter when parsing dates
+- fixed duplicate wxFontEncoding values
 
 Unix (GUI):
 
diff --git a/include/wx/fontenc.h b/include/wx/fontenc.h
index afa99f08f1..e76648679b 100644
--- a/include/wx/fontenc.h
+++ b/include/wx/fontenc.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ enum wxFontEncoding
 
         // Japanese (see http://zsigri.tripod.com/fontboard/cjk/jis.html)
     wxFONTENCODING_SHIFT_JIS = wxFONTENCODING_CP932,  // Shift JIS
-    wxFONTENCODING_EUC_JP,          // Extended Unix Codepage for Japanese
+    wxFONTENCODING_EUC_JP = wxFONTENCODING_UTF8 + 1,  // Extended Unix Codepage for Japanese
 
     wxFONTENCODING_UNICODE,         // Unicode - currently used only by
                                     // wxEncodingConverter class