diff --git a/pandora_server/ChangeLog b/pandora_server/ChangeLog
index 7fe070b5ae..5f548fd9b5 100644
--- a/pandora_server/ChangeLog
+++ b/pandora_server/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2011-04-04  Junichi Satoh <junichi@rworks.jp>
+
+	* lib/PandoraFMS/Tools.pm: Added UTF-8 flags deletion from multibyte
+	characters when files are opened.
+
+	* lib/PandoraFMS/DB.pm: Added mysql_enable_utf8. It enables character
+	semantics (support for multibyte characters).
+
 2011-03-16 Dario Rodriguez <dario.rodriguez@artica.es>
 
 	* util/plugin/create_integria_incident.sh: Fixed an error in help text.
diff --git a/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/DB.pm b/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/DB.pm
index 90ccfc22ff..f2f6ce1261 100644
--- a/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/DB.pm
+++ b/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/DB.pm
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ sub db_connect ($$$$$$) {
 	if ($rdbms eq 'mysql') {
 		
 		# Connect to MySQL
-		my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$db_name:$db_host:3306", $db_user, $db_pass, { RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 1 });
+		my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$db_name:$db_host:3306", $db_user, $db_pass, { RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 1, mysql_enable_utf8 => 1 });
 		return undef unless defined ($dbh);
 		
 		# Enable auto reconnect
diff --git a/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/Tools.pm b/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/Tools.pm
index 9abfba2a73..61f2c9adb4 100644
--- a/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/Tools.pm
+++ b/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/Tools.pm
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ use HTML::Entities;
 # Used to calculate the MD5 checksum of a string
 use constant MOD232 => 2**32;
 
+# UTF-8 flags deletion from multibyte characters when files are opened.
+use open OUT => ":utf8";
+use open ":std";
+
 require Exporter;
 
 our @ISA = ("Exporter");