diff -up File-DesktopEntry-0.08/lib/File/DesktopEntry.pm.orig File-DesktopEntry-0.08/lib/File/DesktopEntry.pm
--- File-DesktopEntry-0.08/lib/File/DesktopEntry.pm.orig	2013-10-07 21:21:51.000000000 +0200
+++ File-DesktopEntry-0.08/lib/File/DesktopEntry.pm	2013-10-08 07:53:05.869360349 +0200
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use warnings;
 
 use vars qw/$AUTOLOAD/;
 use Carp;
+use Encode;
 use File::Spec;
 use File::BaseDir 0.03 qw/data_files data_home/;
 
@@ -335,6 +336,7 @@ 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 '%') ? '%'                :