diff --git a/xbmc/lib/libPython/xbmcmodule/PythonAddon.cpp b/xbmc/lib/libPython/xbmcmodule/PythonAddon.cpp
index 2ce46fb..30a942a 100644
--- a/xbmc/lib/libPython/xbmcmodule/PythonAddon.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/lib/libPython/xbmcmodule/PythonAddon.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "PythonAddon.h"
 #include "pyutil.h"
 #include "addons/AddonManager.h"
+#include "utils/CharsetConverter.h"
 #include "GUIDialogAddonSettings.h"
 
 #ifndef __GNUC__
@@ -102,9 +103,10 @@ namespace PYXBMC
       return NULL;
     };
 
-    CStdString label = self->pAddon->GetString(id);
+    CStdStringW label;
+    g_charsetConverter.utf8ToW(self->pAddon->GetString(id), label);
 
-    return PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(label.c_str(), label.size(), "replace");
+    return Py_BuildValue((char*)"u", label.c_str());
   }
 
     PyDoc_STRVAR(getSetting__doc__,