diff --git a/src/richtext/richtextxml.cpp b/src/richtext/richtextxml.cpp
index bcff1aa074..fe16bfaca7 100644
--- a/src/richtext/richtextxml.cpp
+++ b/src/richtext/richtextxml.cpp
@@ -544,7 +544,9 @@ bool wxRichTextXMLHandler::DoSaveFile(wxRichTextBuffer *buffer, wxOutputStream&
     {
         if (m_encoding == wxT("<System>"))
         {
+#if wxUSE_INTL
             fileEncoding = wxLocale::GetSystemEncodingName();
+#endif // wxUSE_INTL
         }
         else
         {