X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/5917d04127f414f0c2cd400581cb1c47395a3479..b51abd73805c271dbba5af48db9519030702c751:/wxPython/src/gtk/_core.py?ds=inline

diff --git a/wxPython/src/gtk/_core.py b/wxPython/src/gtk/_core.py
index e3e8e8d163..dbe7f46a8c 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/gtk/_core.py
+++ b/wxPython/src/gtk/_core.py
@@ -13709,7 +13709,10 @@ if default == 'ascii':
     import locale
     import codecs
     try:
-        default = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
+        if hasattr(locale, 'getpreferredencoding'):
+            default = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+        else:
+            default = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
         codecs.lookup(default)
     except (ValueError, LookupError, TypeError):
         default = _sys.getdefaultencoding()