1 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rexml/encodings/EUC-JP.rb b/lib/rexml/encodings/EUC-JP.rb
index 684df0bbd6..db37b6bf0d 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/encodings/EUC-JP.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/encodings/EUC-JP.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
-require 'uconv'
-
 module REXML
   module Encoding
-    def decode_eucjp(str)
-      Uconv::euctou8(str)
-    end
+    begin
+      require 'uconv'
+
+      def decode_eucjp(str)
+        Uconv::euctou8(str)
+      end
+
+      def encode_eucjp content
+        Uconv::u8toeuc(content)
+      end
+    rescue LoadError
+      require 'nkf'
+
+      EUCTOU8 = '-Ewm0'
+      U8TOEUC = '-Wem0'
 
-    def encode_eucjp content
-      Uconv::u8toeuc(content)
+      def decode_eucjp(str)
+        NKF.nkf(EUCTOU8, str)
+      end
+
+      def encode_eucjp content
+        NKF.nkf(U8TOEUC, content)
+      end
     end
 
     register("EUC-JP") do |obj|