diff -up File-DesktopEntry-0.04/lib/File/DesktopEntry.pm.old File-DesktopEntry-0.04/lib/File/DesktopEntry.pm
--- File-DesktopEntry-0.04/lib/File/DesktopEntry.pm.old	2007-11-04 21:34:20.000000000 +0100
+++ File-DesktopEntry-0.04/lib/File/DesktopEntry.pm	2012-04-27 13:28:58.403493320 +0200
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package File::DesktopEntry;
 use strict;
 use vars qw/$AUTOLOAD/;
 use Carp;
+use Encode;
 use File::Spec;
 use File::BaseDir 0.03 qw/data_files data_home/;
 
@@ -333,6 +334,7 @@ sub parse_Exec {
 			push @exec, '--icon', $icon if defined($icon);
 		}
 		else { # expand with word ( e.g. --input=%f )
+			$_ = encode_utf8($_);
 			my $bad;
 			s/\%(.)/
 				($1 eq '%') ? '%'                :