1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rexml/encodings/EUC-JP.rb b/lib/rexml/encodings/EUC-JP.rb
index cedd6751e7..23a1c3c657 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/encodings/EUC-JP.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/encodings/EUC-JP.rb
@@ -13,5 +13,20 @@ begin
 		end
 	end
 rescue LoadError
-	raise "uconv is required for Japanese encoding support."
+  begin
+	require 'iconv'
+	module REXML
+		module Encoding
+			def from_euc_jp(str)
+				return Iconv::iconv("utf-8", "euc-jp", str)[0]
+			end
+
+			def to_euc_jp content
+				return Iconv::iconv("euc-jp", "utf-8", content)[0]
+			end
+		end
+	end
+  rescue LoadError
+	raise "uconv or iconv is required for Japanese encoding support."
+  end
 end