diff --git a/include/wx/osx/iphone/chkconf.h b/include/wx/osx/iphone/chkconf.h
index 0148719a65..bcb436597b 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/iphone/chkconf.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/iphone/chkconf.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * under a certain platform
  */
 
-#define wxOSX_USE_CORE_TEXT 0
+#define wxOSX_USE_CORE_TEXT 1
 #define wxOSX_USE_ATSU_TEXT 0
 #define wxHAS_OPENGL_ES
 
diff --git a/include/wx/osx/iphone/private.h b/include/wx/osx/iphone/private.h
index a65f3ee2bf..ff78c42c36 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/iphone/private.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/iphone/private.h
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
     #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <CoreText/CTFont.h>
+#include <CoreText/CTStringAttributes.h>
+#include <CoreText/CTLine.h>
+
+
 #if wxUSE_GUI
 
 OSStatus WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxMacDrawCGImage(