diff --git a/src/gui/widget/textbox.cpp b/src/gui/widget/textbox.cpp
index 315f94482..90686016f 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/textbox.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widget/textbox.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void CTextBox::initVar(void)
 	m_cLineArray.clear();
 
 	m_renderMode		= 0;
-
+	m_utf8_encoded		= true;
 // 	max_width 		= 0;
 }
 
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ void CTextBox::refreshText(void)
 		//TRACE("[CTextBox] %s Line %d m_cFrame.iX %d m_cFrameTextRel.iX %d\r\n", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, m_cFrame.iX, m_cFrameTextRel.iX);
 		m_pcFontText->RenderString(m_cFrame.iX + m_cFrameTextRel.iX + text_Hborder_width + x_center,
 					y+m_cFrame.iY, m_cFrameTextRel.iWidth, m_cLineArray[i].c_str(),
-					m_textColor, 0, m_renderMode | Font::IS_UTF8);
+					m_textColor, 0, m_renderMode | (m_utf8_encoded) ? Font::IS_UTF8 : 0);
 		m_old_cText = m_cText;
 		y += m_nFontTextHeight;
 	}
diff --git a/src/gui/widget/textbox.h b/src/gui/widget/textbox.h
index 9f8f76172..e65bb1e96 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/textbox.h
+++ b/src/gui/widget/textbox.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ class CTextBox
 		int  m_nBgRadiusType;
 		bool m_nPaintBackground;
 		bool m_SaveScreen;
+		bool m_utf8_encoded;
 
 		Font* m_pcFontText;
 		int m_nFontTextHeight;
@@ -192,6 +193,8 @@ class CTextBox
 		void 	setWindowMaxDimensions(const int width, const int height);
 		void 	setWindowMinDimensions(const int width, const int height);
 		void    setFontUseDigitHeight(bool set=true);
+		void	enableUTF8(bool enable = true){m_utf8_encoded = enable;}
+		void	disableUTF8(bool enable = false){enableUTF8(false);}
 
 		inline	bool 	isPainted(void)			{if( frameBuffer == NULL) return (false); else return (true);};
 		inline	CBox	getWindowsPos(void)		{return(m_cFrame);};