diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+2005-01-25  Elijah Newren  <newren@math.utah.edu>
+
+	Patch from Stephane LOEUILLET in bug #151850.
+
+	* src/metacity.desktop.in: specify encoding
+
 2005-01-25  Balamurali Viswanathan <balamurali.viswanathan@wipro.com>
  
  	* src/prefs.c (meta_prefs_init): Get gconf to load the
diff --git a/src/metacity.desktop.in b/src/metacity.desktop.in
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 [Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
 _Name=Metacity
 Exec=metacity
 # name of loadable control center module