diff --git a/libXcursor.spec b/libXcursor.spec
index e4398b2..0616a05 100644
--- a/libXcursor.spec
+++ b/libXcursor.spec
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ libXcursor development package.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+tr -d '\r' < COPYING > COPYING.new
+iconv -f ISO-8859-2 -t UTF-8 COPYING.new > COPYING
+
 
 # Disable static library creation by default.
 %define with_static 0