diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/FT2FC.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/FT2FC.cpp
index 0a0538d3b2..31fecd7422 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/FT2FC.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/FT2FC.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ PyObject* FT2FC(const Py_UNICODE *PyUString,
     int bytesNeeded = fontfile.tellg();
     fontfile.clear();
     fontfile.seekg (0, fontfile.beg);
-    auto buffer = std::unique_ptr <char> (new char[bytesNeeded]);
+    std::unique_ptr <char[]> buffer (new char[bytesNeeded]);
     fontfile.read(buffer.get(), bytesNeeded);
     if (!fontfile) {
         //get indignant