diff --git a/wst/trunk/wst_fpc_xml.pas b/wst/trunk/wst_fpc_xml.pas
index 3bb1e04bb..8fe81ba6f 100644
--- a/wst/trunk/wst_fpc_xml.pas
+++ b/wst/trunk/wst_fpc_xml.pas
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ end;
 function CreateDoc() : TXMLDocument ;
 begin
   Result := TXMLDocument.Create();
+{$IF ((FPC_VERSION = 2) and (FPC_RELEASE = 6)) }  
   Result.Encoding := 'UTF-8';
+{$IFEND}
 end;
 
 function FindNode(ANode : TDOMNode;const ANodeName : string) : TDOMNode;{$IFDEF USE_INLINE}inline;{$ENDIF}