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diff --git a/src/support/types.h b/src/support/types.h
index 48fc219e8f..446aa3d60f 100644
--- a/src/support/types.h
+++ b/src/support/types.h
@@ -16,15 +16,22 @@
 #ifndef LYX_TYPES_H
 #define LYX_TYPES_H
 
+#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
+
 #include <cstddef>
 
 namespace lyx {
 
-	// The type used to hold characters in paragraphs
-	//typedef uint32_t char_type; // Possibly the ucs-4 type we will use
-	//typedef wchar_t char_type;  // The wide char type CJK-LyX uses
-	typedef char char_type;       // Current narrow char type in use
-
+	/// The type used to hold characters in paragraphs
+#if defined(HAVE_WCHAR_T) && SIZEOF_WCHAR_T == 4
+	// Prefer this if possible because GNU libstdc++ has usable
+	// std::ctype<wchar_t> locale facets but not
+	// std::ctype<boost::uint32_t>. gcc older than 3.4 is also missing
+	// usable std::char_traits<boost::uint32_t>.
+	typedef wchar_t char_type;
+#else
+	typedef boost::uint32_t char_type;
+#endif
 
 	/// a type for positions used in paragraphs
 	// needs to be signed for a while to hold the special value -1 that is