diff --git a/midori/midori-browser.c b/midori/midori-browser.c
index f0852082..6adfe2cd 100644
--- a/midori/midori-browser.c
+++ b/midori/midori-browser.c
@@ -3407,6 +3407,8 @@ _action_view_encoding_activate (GtkAction*     action,
             const gchar* encoding;
             if (!strcmp (name, "EncodingChinese"))
                 encoding = "BIG5";
+            else if (!strcmp (name, "EncodingChineseSimplified"))
+                encoding = "GB18030";
             else if (!strcmp (name, "EncodingJapanese"))
                 encoding = "SHIFT_JIS";
             else if (!strcmp (name, "EncodingKorean"))
@@ -5458,7 +5460,10 @@ static const GtkRadioActionEntry encoding_entries[] =
         N_("_Automatic"), "",
         NULL, 1 },
     { "EncodingChinese", NULL,
-        N_("Chinese (BIG5)"), "",
+        N_("Chinese Traditional (BIG5)"), "",
+        NULL, 1 },
+    { "EncodingChineseSimplified", NULL,
+        N_("Chinese Simplified (GB18030)"), "",
         NULL, 1 },
     { "EncodingJapanese", NULL,
         /* i18n: A double underscore "__" is used to prevent the mnemonic */
@@ -5630,6 +5635,7 @@ static const gchar* ui_markup =
                 "<menu action='Encoding'>"
                     "<menuitem action='EncodingAutomatic'/>"
                     "<menuitem action='EncodingChinese'/>"
+                    "<menuitem action='EncodingChineseSimplified'/>"
                     "<menuitem action='EncodingJapanese'/>"
                     "<menuitem action='EncodingKorean'/>"
                     "<menuitem action='EncodingRussian'/>"
diff --git a/midori/midori-view.c b/midori/midori-view.c
index 2d848e33..af80d085 100644
--- a/midori/midori-view.c
+++ b/midori/midori-view.c
@@ -2677,6 +2677,7 @@ midori_view_populate_popup (MidoriView* view,
             static const GtkActionEntry encodings[] = {
               { "EncodingAutomatic" },
               { "EncodingChinese" },
+              { "EncodingChineseSimplified" },
               { "EncodingJapanese" },
               { "EncodingKorean" },
               { "EncodingRussian" },
diff --git a/midori/midori-websettings.c b/midori/midori-websettings.c
index bc466793..11dc999f 100644
--- a/midori/midori-websettings.c
+++ b/midori/midori-websettings.c
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ midori_preferred_encoding_get_type (void)
     if (!type)
     {
         static const GEnumValue values[] = {
-         { MIDORI_ENCODING_CHINESE, "MIDORI_ENCODING_CHINESE", N_("Chinese (BIG5)") },
+         { MIDORI_ENCODING_CHINESE, "MIDORI_ENCODING_CHINESE", N_("Chinese Traditional (BIG5)") },
+         { MIDORI_ENCODING_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED, "MIDORI_ENCODING_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED", N_("Chinese Simplified (GB18030)") },
          { MIDORI_ENCODING_JAPANESE, "MIDORI_ENCODING_JAPANESE", N_("Japanese (SHIFT_JIS)") },
          { MIDORI_ENCODING_KOREAN, "MIDORI_ENCODING_KOREAN", N_("Korean (EUC-KR)") },
          { MIDORI_ENCODING_RUSSIAN, "MIDORI_ENCODING_RUSSIAN", N_("Russian (KOI8-R)") },
@@ -1188,6 +1189,8 @@ notify_default_encoding_cb (GObject*    object,
     encoding = string ? string : "";
     if (!strcmp (encoding, "BIG5"))
         web_settings->preferred_encoding = MIDORI_ENCODING_CHINESE;
+    else if (!strcmp (encoding, "GB18030"))
+        web_settings->preferred_encoding = MIDORI_ENCODING_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED;
     else if (!strcmp (encoding, "SHIFT_JIS"))
         web_settings->preferred_encoding = MIDORI_ENCODING_JAPANESE;
     else if (!strcmp (encoding, "EUC-KR"))
@@ -1552,6 +1555,9 @@ midori_web_settings_set_property (GObject*      object,
         case MIDORI_ENCODING_CHINESE:
             g_object_set (object, "default-encoding", "BIG5", NULL);
             break;
+        case MIDORI_ENCODING_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED:
+            g_object_set (object, "default-encoding", "GB18030", NULL);
+            break;
         case MIDORI_ENCODING_JAPANESE:
             g_object_set (object, "default-encoding", "SHIFT_JIS", NULL);
             break;
diff --git a/midori/midori-websettings.h b/midori/midori-websettings.h
index f73a2b82..08dc876e 100644
--- a/midori/midori-websettings.h
+++ b/midori/midori-websettings.h
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ midori_startup_get_type (void) G_GNUC_CONST;
 
 typedef enum
 {
-    MIDORI_ENCODING_CHINESE,
+    MIDORI_ENCODING_CHINESE /* Traditional */,
+    MIDORI_ENCODING_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED,
     MIDORI_ENCODING_JAPANESE,
     MIDORI_ENCODING_KOREAN,
     MIDORI_ENCODING_RUSSIAN,