diff --git a/core/model/SiteTree.php b/core/model/SiteTree.php
index 69c198470..4df66e745 100755
--- a/core/model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/core/model/SiteTree.php
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject implements PermissionProvider,i18nEntityProvid
 	 */
 	function generateURLSegment($title){
 		$t = (function_exists('mb_strtolower')) ? mb_strtolower($title) : strtolower($title);
-		$t = Object::create('Transliterator')->toASCII($t);
+		$t = Object::create('SS_Transliterator')->toASCII($t);
 		$t = str_replace('&','-and-',$t);
 		$t = str_replace('&','-and-',$t);
 		$t = ereg_replace('[^A-Za-z0-9]+','-',$t);
diff --git a/core/model/Transliterator.php b/core/model/Transliterator.php
index 6592761f0..62b0be90d 100644
--- a/core/model/Transliterator.php
+++ b/core/model/Transliterator.php
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
  * Usage:
  * 
  * <code>
- * $tr = new Transliterator();
+ * $tr = new SS_Transliterator();
  * $ascii = $tr->toASCII($unicode);
  * </code>
  * 
  * @package sapphire
  * @subpackage model
  */
-class Transliterator {
+class SS_Transliterator {
 	/**
 	 * Allow the use of iconv() to perform transliteration.  Set to false to disable.
 	 * Even if this variable is true, iconv() won't be used if it's not installed.
@@ -58,4 +58,8 @@ class Transliterator {
 	protected function useIconv($source) {
  		return iconv("utf-8", "us-ascii//IGNORE//TRANSLIT", $source);
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+if(!class_exists('Transliterator')) {
+	class Transliterator extends SS_Transliterator {}
+}