diff --git a/Source/CParse/cscanner.c b/Source/CParse/cscanner.c
index 91c170e36..366f111ef 100644
--- a/Source/CParse/cscanner.c
+++ b/Source/CParse/cscanner.c
@@ -1100,6 +1100,10 @@ int yylex(void) {
 	    yylval.type = NewSwigType(T_CHAR);
 	    return(TYPE_CHAR);
 	  }
+	  if (strcmp(yytext,"wchar_t") == 0) {
+	    yylval.type = NewSwigType(T_WCHAR);
+	    return(TYPE_WCHAR);
+	  }
 	  if (strcmp(yytext,"short") == 0) {
 	    yylval.type = NewSwigType(T_SHORT);
 	    return(TYPE_SHORT);
diff --git a/Source/Swig/swig.h b/Source/Swig/swig.h
index 75e7fd809..65238f0b8 100644
--- a/Source/Swig/swig.h
+++ b/Source/Swig/swig.h
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ typedef  DOH     SwigType;
 
 /* non-numeric */
 
-#define   T_CHAR       30
+#define   T_CHAR       29
+#define   T_WCHAR      30
 #define   T_USER       31
 #define   T_VOID       32
 #define   T_STRING     33