diff --git a/src/lib/lightmediascanner_db_common.c b/src/lib/lightmediascanner_db_common.c
index e7a4b0c..a8ec54a 100644
--- a/src/lib/lightmediascanner_db_common.c
+++ b/src/lib/lightmediascanner_db_common.c
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <iconv.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 
 #if SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER < 3003009
 int
@@ -127,7 +130,16 @@ lms_db_bind_text(sqlite3_stmt *stmt, int col, const char *text, int len)
     int r;
 
     if (text)
-        r = sqlite3_bind_text(stmt, col, text, len, SQLITE_STATIC);
+    {
+        char *locale = setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+        iconv_t cd = iconv_open("UTF-8", locale);
+        char *inbuf = strdup(text);
+        size_t inbytesleft = strlen(inbuf);
+        char outbuf[PATH_MAX];
+        size_t outbytesleft = PATH_MAX;
+        iconv(cd, &inbuf, &inbytesleft, (char **) &outbuf, &outbytesleft);
+        r = sqlite3_bind_text(stmt, col, outbuf, len, SQLITE_STATIC);
+    }
     else
         r = sqlite3_bind_null(stmt, col);