--- ardour/gtk_ardour/po/Makevars.orig	2005-02-06 09:20:37.000000000 +1100
+++ ardour/gtk_ardour/po/Makevars	2005-02-06 09:26:32.000000000 +1100
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 top_builddir = ..
 
 # These options get passed to xgettext.
-XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --keyword=_ --keyword=N_
+XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --keyword=_ --keyword=N_ --from-code=UTF-8
 
 # This is the copyright holder that gets inserted into the header of the
 # $(DOMAIN).pot file.  Set this to the copyright holder of the surrounding