diff --git a/edit/editdraw.c b/edit/editdraw.c
index 8b975bd3e..4f0681e32 100644
--- a/edit/editdraw.c
+++ b/edit/editdraw.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "../src/key.h"		/* is_idle() */
 #include "../src/charsets.h"
 #include "../src/strutil.h"	/* utf string functions */
+#include "../src/main.h"	/* source_codepage */
 
 /* Text styles */
 #define MOD_ABNORMAL		(1 << 8)
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ static void status_string (WEdit * edit, char *s, int w)
 
     /* The field lengths just prevent the status line from shortening too much */
     g_snprintf (s, w,
-		"[%c%c%c%c] %2ld L:[%3ld+%2ld %3ld/%3ld] *(%-4ld/%4ldb)= %s",
+		"[%c%c%c%c] %2ld L:[%3ld+%2ld %3ld/%3ld] *(%-4ld/%4ldb)= %s C:%s",
 		edit->mark1 != edit->mark2 ? ( column_highlighting ? 'C' : 'B') : '-',
 		edit->modified ? 'M' : '-',
 		edit->macro_i < 0 ? '-' : 'R',
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ static void status_string (WEdit * edit, char *s, int w)
 
 		edit->curs1,
 		edit->last_byte,
-		byte_str);
+		byte_str,
+		get_codepage_id( source_codepage ));
 }
 
 static inline void