+#if wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8
+// FIXME-UTF8: get rid of this, have only one wxEmptyString
+extern const wxStringCharType WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE *wxEmptyStringImpl = &g_strEmpty.dummy;
+extern const wxChar WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE *wxEmptyString = _T("");
+#else
+extern const wxStringCharType WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE *wxEmptyString = &g_strEmpty.dummy;
+#endif