diff --git a/root/usr/share/qpsmtpd/plugins/logging/log2sql b/root/usr/share/qpsmtpd/plugins/logging/log2sql
index a9daf54..4706f5f 100644
--- a/root/usr/share/qpsmtpd/plugins/logging/log2sql
+++ b/root/usr/share/qpsmtpd/plugins/logging/log2sql
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ sub connect_handler {
     $self->log(LOGDEBUG,"DSN:$dsn");
     $dbh = DBI->connect($dsn,$user,$passwd) || $self->log(LOGERROR,DBI::errstr);
 
+    # Use UTF8
+    $dbh->do("SET NAMES 'utf8';") || $self->log(LOGERROR,$dbh->errstr());
+
     # generate mail id
     $mail_id = $$.'.'.time.'.'.int(rand(10000));
     # set note for other plugins