diff --git a/pandora_server/ChangeLog b/pandora_server/ChangeLog
index f8b741e85b..9b3eb339c9 100644
--- a/pandora_server/ChangeLog
+++ b/pandora_server/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-04-27  Junichi Satoh <junichi@rworks.jp>
+
+	* lib/PandoraFMS/PluginServer.pm: Fixed plugin execution failure
+	when multibyte characters are used in plugins macros.
+
 2014-04-24  Vanessa Gil <vanessa.gil@artica.es>
 
 	* lib/PandoraFMS/Core.pm: Removed entities
diff --git a/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/PluginServer.pm b/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/PluginServer.pm
index d20f79b44c..8864f6c17f 100644
--- a/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/PluginServer.pm
+++ b/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/PluginServer.pm
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use Thread::Semaphore;
 use POSIX qw(strftime);
 use HTML::Entities;
 use JSON qw(decode_json);
+use Encode qw(encode_utf8);
 
 # Default lib dir for RPM and DEB packages
 use lib '/usr/lib/perl5';
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ sub data_consumer ($$) {
 	eval {
 		if ($module->{'macros'} ne '') {
 			logger ($pa_config, "Decoding json macros from # $module_id plugin command '$command'", 10);
-			my $macros = decode_json($module->{'macros'});
+			my $macros = decode_json(encode_utf8($module->{'macros'}));
 			my %macros = %{$macros};
 			if(ref($macros) eq "HASH") {
 				foreach my $macro_id (keys(%macros))