diff --git a/src/libs/vdxf/libdxfrw/intern/drw_textcodec.cpp b/src/libs/vdxf/libdxfrw/intern/drw_textcodec.cpp
index 17e96ea97..45dffa1c4 100644
--- a/src/libs/vdxf/libdxfrw/intern/drw_textcodec.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/vdxf/libdxfrw/intern/drw_textcodec.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QTextCodec>
 #include "../drw_base.h"
+#include "../vmisc/vabstractapplication.h"
+#include "../ifc/exception/vexception.h"
 
 DRW_TextCodec::DRW_TextCodec()
     : version(DRW::AC1021),
@@ -69,6 +71,14 @@ void DRW_TextCodec::setCodePage(const std::string *c, bool dxfFormat){
             conv = QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-16");
         }
     }
+
+    if (conv == nullptr)
+    {
+        const QString errorMsg = QCoreApplication::translate("DRW_TextCodec", "No available codec for code page '%1'.")
+                .arg(cp.c_str());
+        qApp->IsPedantic() ? throw VException(errorMsg) :
+                             qWarning() << VAbstractApplication::patternMessageSignature + errorMsg;
+    }
 }
 
 std::string DRW_TextCodec::toUtf8(const std::string &s) {