diff --git a/include/wx/fontenc.h b/include/wx/fontenc.h
index afa99f08f1..41495caec6 100644
--- a/include/wx/fontenc.h
+++ b/include/wx/fontenc.h
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ 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
+    wxFONTENCODING_UNICODE,         // Unicode (for wxEncodingConverter only)
 
     wxFONTENCODING_MAX
 };