diff --git a/lib/languages b/lib/languages
index 7782fc2a9f..bf5a3a9481 100644
--- a/lib/languages
+++ b/lib/languages
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # name      babel name	GUI name	RTL?   encoding	  code	latex options
 afrikaans   afrikaans	"Afrikaans"	false  iso8859-15 af_ZA	 ""
 american    american	"American"	false  iso8859-15 en_US	 ""
-arabic      arabic	"Arabic"	true   iso8859-6  ar_SA	 ""
+arabic      arabic	"Arabic"	true   cp1256     ar_SA	 ""
 austrian    austrian	"Austrian"	false  iso8859-15 de_AT	 ""
 naustrian   naustrian   "Austrian (new spelling)" false  iso8859-15  de_AT	 ""
 bahasa      bahasa	"Bahasa"	false  iso8859-15 in_ID	 ""