diff -rup libedit-20141029-3.1-bak/src/eln.c libedit-20141029-3.1/src/eln.c
--- libedit-20141029-3.1-bak/src/eln.c	2015-03-14 09:19:41.804370242 +0100
+++ libedit-20141029-3.1/src/eln.c	2015-03-15 08:58:36.182162570 +0100
@@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ el_gets(EditLine *el, int *nread)
 {
 	const wchar_t *tmp;
 
-	el->el_flags |= IGNORE_EXTCHARS;
+	if (!(el->el_flags & CHARSET_IS_UTF8))
+		el->el_flags |= IGNORE_EXTCHARS;
 	tmp = el_wgets(el, nread);
-	el->el_flags &= ~IGNORE_EXTCHARS;
+	if (!(el->el_flags & CHARSET_IS_UTF8))
+		el->el_flags &= ~IGNORE_EXTCHARS;
 	return ct_encode_string(tmp, &el->el_lgcyconv);
 }