diff --git a/include/fpdi/fpdf_tpl.php b/include/fpdi/fpdf_tpl.php
index 429e330e..fe36d29f 100644
--- a/include/fpdi/fpdf_tpl.php
+++ b/include/fpdi/fpdf_tpl.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 //  limitations under the License.
 //
 
-class FPDF_TPL extends FPDF {
+class FPDF_TPL extends PDF_Unicode {
     /**
      * Array of Tpl-Data
      * @var array
diff --git a/include/fpdi/fpdi.php b/include/fpdi/fpdi.php
index 683fe3f4..5b8150b1 100644
--- a/include/fpdi/fpdi.php
+++ b/include/fpdi/fpdi.php
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 define('FPDI_VERSION','1.3');
 
 // Check for TCPDF and remap TCPDF to FPDF
-//if (class_exists('TCPDF')) {
-//    require_once('fpdi2tcpdf_bridge.php');
-//}
+if (class_exists('TCPDF',false)) {
+    require_once('fpdi2tcpdf_bridge.php');
+}
 
 require_once('fpdf_tpl.php');
 require_once('fpdi_pdf_parser.php');