diff --git a/misc/translator/xgettext-installer b/misc/translator/xgettext-installer
index 64410c7693..5fa23faaba 100755
--- a/misc/translator/xgettext-installer
+++ b/misc/translator/xgettext-installer
@@ -153,4 +153,4 @@ for my $file (@files) {
     }
 }
 
-Locale::PO->save_file_fromhash($output, $pot);
+Locale::PO->save_file_fromhash($output, $pot, 'utf8');