diff --git a/SpssLib/FileParser/Records/CharacterEncodingRecord.cs b/SpssLib/FileParser/Records/CharacterEncodingRecord.cs
index 6302dfb..4ecbd88 100644
--- a/SpssLib/FileParser/Records/CharacterEncodingRecord.cs
+++ b/SpssLib/FileParser/Records/CharacterEncodingRecord.cs
@@ -92,8 +92,15 @@ private Encoding GetEncoding(string strEncoding)
                 // 932 - Japanese (Shift-JIS)
                 return Encoding.GetEncoding(932); 
             }
+	    
+	    
+            if(strEncoding.Equals("CP1252", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
+            {
+	    	// Support for 1252 encoding, which GetEncoding doesn't recognize this string varient in use
+                return Encoding.GetEncoding(1252);
+            }
 
             throw new SpssFileFormatException("Encoding not recognized: " + strEncoding);
         }
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}