diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index a4e4e3ea4c..c6385cd8aa 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-06-17  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/wchar.exp: Set $cent to \u00A2 if "host-charset" is
+	CP1252.
+
 2014-06-17  Luis Machado  <lgustavo@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* gdb.mi/mi-var-rtti.cc (type_update_when_use_rtti_test):
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/wchar.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/wchar.exp
index 42904789f0..651bd88398 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/wchar.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/wchar.exp
@@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ gdb_test "print simple\[2\]" "= 99 L'c'"
 gdb_test "print difficile\[2\]" "= 65261 L'\\\\xfeed'"
 
 set cent "\\\\242"
+
+set test "show host-charset"
+gdb_test_multiple $test $test {
+   -re "CP1252\".*\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
+       # With Windows code page 1252 (Latin 1), the cent
+       # is printable.
+	set cent "\u00A2"
+	pass $test
+   }
+   -re "$gdb_prompt $" {
+	pass $test
+   }
+}
+
 gdb_test "print repeat" "= L\"A\", '$cent' <repeats 21 times>, \"B.*"
 
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