diff --git a/src/common/appbase.cpp b/src/common/appbase.cpp
index 66297871a4..738d2f311a 100644
--- a/src/common/appbase.cpp
+++ b/src/common/appbase.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ bool wxAppConsoleBase::Initialize(int& argcOrig, wxChar **argvOrig)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __WXPALMOS__
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+    if ( m_appName.empty() && (bool) argv )
+#else
     if ( m_appName.empty() && argv )
+#endif
     {
         // the application name is, by default, the name of its executable file
         wxFileName::SplitPath(argv[0], NULL, &m_appName, NULL);