diff --git a/code/MMDPmxParser.cpp b/code/MMDPmxParser.cpp
index 355ef2146..2c5bd9a8d 100644
--- a/code/MMDPmxParser.cpp
+++ b/code/MMDPmxParser.cpp
@@ -96,12 +96,13 @@ namespace pmx
 			// UTF16 to UTF8
 			const uint16_t* sourceStart = (uint16_t*)buffer.data();
 			const unsigned int targetSize = size * 3; // enough to encode
-			char targetStart[targetSize];
+			char *targetStart = new char[targetSize];
             std::memset(targetStart, 0, targetSize * sizeof(char));
             
             utf8::utf16to8( sourceStart, sourceStart + size/2, targetStart );
 
 			std::string result(targetStart);
+            delete [] targetStart;
 			return result;
 		}
 		else