--- squeezecenter-7.0.1/slimserver.pl	2008-05-01 09:40:25.000000000 +0200
+++ squeezecenter-7.0.1-patched/slimserver.pl	2008-06-13 20:01:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@
 	$perfwarn,
 	$checkstrings,
 	$d_startup, # Needed for Slim::bootstrap
+	$forceutf8,
 );
 
 sub init {
@@ -280,6 +281,9 @@
 		eval "use diagnostics";
 	}
 
+	# handle --forceutf8
+	$Slim::Utils::Unicode::lc_ctype = 'utf8' if $forceutf8;
+
 	Slim::Utils::OSDetect::init();
 
 	# initialize SqueezeCenter subsystems
@@ -587,6 +591,7 @@
     --perfwarn       => Generate log messages if internal tasks take longer than specified threshold
     --checkstrings   => Enable reloading of changed string files for plugin development
     --logging        => Enable logging for the specified comma separated categories
+    --forceutf8      => Forces SqueezeCenter into UTF-8 mode (use with caution).
 
 Commands may be sent to the server through standard in and will be echoed via
 standard out.  See complete documentation for details on the command syntax.
@@ -632,6 +637,7 @@
 		'perfwarn=s'    => \$perfwarn,  # content parsed by Health plugin if loaded
 		'checkstrings'  => \$checkstrings,
 		'd_startup'     => \$d_startup, # Needed for Slim::bootstrap
+		'forceutf8'     => \$forceutf8,
 	);
 
 	initLogging();