diff --git a/media/rarch_ja.rc b/media/rarch_ja.rc
index 45f5423ba5..d4da8e4a56 100644
--- a/media/rarch_ja.rc
+++ b/media/rarch_ja.rc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Menu resources (Japanese)
 //
 // The encoding for this file is CP932.
+#pragma code_page(932)
 
 LANGUAGE LANG_JAPANESE, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDR_MENU MENU