2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a55b0386..b12e71ac 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 - do not exec pkexec but run it so it has a parent process to fix double fork
   issues mga#11184 mga#12364
+- gurpmi:
+  o fix garbaged UTF-8 in file name arguments (mga#12407)
 
 Version 7.30 - 5 December 2013
 
diff --git a/gurpmi b/gurpmi
index 8dfd79d4..bc66e877 100755
--- a/gurpmi
+++ b/gurpmi
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ BEGIN { #- set up a safe path and environment
     delete @ENV{qw(ENV BASH_ENV IFS CDPATH)};
 }
 
+use utf8 'valid';
+use Encode '_utf8_on';
 use Gtk3;
 use gurpmi;
 use urpm::util 'basename';
@@ -27,6 +29,11 @@ my ($srpms, $rpms) = ([], []);
 my ($mainw, $mainbox);
 my @all_rpms = gurpmi::parse_command_line();
 
+# Gtk3->init will change @ARGV encoding (mga#12407):
+foreach (@ARGV) {
+    utf8::valid($_) && Encode::_utf8_on($_);
+}
+
 #- Now, the graphical stuff.
 
 Gtk3->init;