diff --git a/pcbnew/swig/pcbnew.i b/pcbnew/swig/pcbnew.i
index 838982c074..4dfe8ebf0f 100644
--- a/pcbnew/swig/pcbnew.i
+++ b/pcbnew/swig/pcbnew.i
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 %include "docstrings.i"
 #endif
 
+// support for wchar_t
+%include "cwstring.i"
 
 %include kicad.i