diff --git a/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp b/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp
index 1457c81b..94d533ae 100644
--- a/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp
+++ b/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ const ID3v1::StringHandler *ID3v1::Tag::TagPrivate::stringHandler = &defaultStri
 // StringHandler implementation
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+StringHandler::StringHandler()
+{
+}
+
 String ID3v1::StringHandler::parse(const ByteVector &data) const
 {
   return String(data, String::Latin1).stripWhiteSpace();
diff --git a/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.h b/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.h
index fad485e5..a90ac531 100644
--- a/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.h
+++ b/taglib/mpeg/id3v1/id3v1tag.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ namespace TagLib {
       TAGLIB_IGNORE_MISSING_DESTRUCTOR
     public:
       // BIC: Add virtual destructor.
+      StringHandler();
 
       /*!
        * Decode a string from \a data.  The default implementation assumes that