diff --git a/taglib/toolkit/tstring.h b/taglib/toolkit/tstring.h
index 32860e19..e0ab0076 100644
--- a/taglib/toolkit/tstring.h
+++ b/taglib/toolkit/tstring.h
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace TagLib {
     /*!
      * Makes a deep copy of the data in \a c.
      */
-    String(wchar_t c, Type t = Latin1);
+    String(wchar_t c, Type t = WCharByteOrder);
 
 
     /*!