diff --git a/src/xercesc/util/XMLUni.cpp b/src/xercesc/util/XMLUni.cpp
index f97440941d7b9827940ab6a3c6751c177abcbd5d..df718ca935a7aabe64b8da83bcea467c0dbc1f87 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/util/XMLUni.cpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/util/XMLUni.cpp
@@ -1423,7 +1423,15 @@ const XMLCh XMLUni::fgXMLDOMMsgDomain[] =
     ,   chNull
 };
 
-
+// default exception string
+const XMLCh XMLUni::fgDefErrMsg[] =
+{
+        chLatin_C, chLatin_o, chLatin_u, chLatin_l, chLatin_d
+    ,   chSpace, chLatin_n, chLatin_o, chLatin_t, chSpace
+    ,   chLatin_l, chLatin_o, chLatin_a, chLatin_d, chSpace
+    ,   chLatin_m, chLatin_e, chLatin_s, chLatin_s, chLatin_a
+    ,   chLatin_g, chLatin_e, chNull
+};
 
 XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_END
 
diff --git a/src/xercesc/util/XMLUni.hpp b/src/xercesc/util/XMLUni.hpp
index 7a022fc8538f9ccedd59133ed8db7c615f891d72..93dc4fd6481eeed69c94a6c029cf8edcc8fba9bb 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/util/XMLUni.hpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/util/XMLUni.hpp
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ public :
     // Locale
     static const char  fgXercescDefaultLocale[];
 
+    // Default Exception String
+    static const XMLCh  fgDefErrMsg[];
+
 private:
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     //  Unimplemented constructors and operators