diff --git a/lib/encodings b/lib/encodings
index 7335e39e97..b0a001baa9 100644
--- a/lib/encodings
+++ b/lib/encodings
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ End
 Encoding cp1251 cp1251 "Cyrillic (CP 1251)" CP1251 fixed inputenc
 End
 
+# "ansinew" is harcoded as a synonym of this (see Encodings::fromLaTeXName)
 Encoding cp1252 cp1252 "Western European (CP 1252)" CP1252 fixed inputenc
 End
 
diff --git a/src/Encoding.cpp b/src/Encoding.cpp
index 6a59fe695c..2aece9a25c 100644
--- a/src/Encoding.cpp
+++ b/src/Encoding.cpp
@@ -696,8 +696,14 @@ Encoding const * Encodings::fromLyXName(string const & name) const
 }
 
 
-Encoding const * Encodings::fromLaTeXName(string const & name) const
+Encoding const * Encodings::fromLaTeXName(string const & n) const
 {
+	string name = n;
+	// FIXME: if we have to test for too many of these synonyms,
+	// we should instead extend the format of lib/encodings
+	if (n == "ansinew")
+		name = "cp1252";
+
 	// We don't use find_if because it makes copies of the pairs in
 	// the map.
 	// This linear search is OK since we don't have many encodings.