diff --git a/src/GF/Text/CP1252.hs b/src/GF/Text/CP1252.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e5affe53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GF/Text/CP1252.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module GF.Text.CP1252 where
+
+import Data.Char
+
+decodeCP1252 = map id
+encodeCP1252 = map (\x -> if x <= '\255' then x else '?')
diff --git a/src/GF/Text/Coding.hs b/src/GF/Text/Coding.hs
index 47aaa5cb5..f29ae7a54 100644
--- a/src/GF/Text/Coding.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Text/Coding.hs
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ module GF.Text.Coding where
 
 import GF.Text.UTF8
 import GF.Text.CP1251
+import GF.Text.CP1252
 
 encodeUnicode e = case e of
   "utf8"   -> encodeUTF8
   "cp1251" -> encodeCP1251
+  "cp1252" -> decodeCP1252
   _        -> id
 
 decodeUnicode e = case e of
   "utf8"   -> decodeUTF8
   "cp1251" -> decodeCP1251
+  "cp1252" -> decodeCP1252
   _        -> id