diff -Nubr src.org/lib-sql/driver-mysql.c src/lib-sql/driver-mysql.c
--- src.org/lib-sql/driver-mysql.c	2015-01-29 18:01:15.000000000 +0200
+++ src/lib-sql/driver-mysql.c	2015-03-11 21:11:41.615422548 +0200
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@
 	mysql_options(db->mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP,
 		      db->option_group != NULL ? db->option_group : "client");
 
+	mysql_options(db->mysql, MYSQL_SET_CHARSET_NAME, "utf8");
+
 	if (!db->ssl_set && (db->ssl_ca != NULL || db->ssl_ca_path != NULL)) {
 #ifdef HAVE_MYSQL_SSL
 		mysql_ssl_set(db->mysql, db->ssl_key, db->ssl_cert,