diff --git a/redhat/applications/kdbusnotification/kdbusnotification-14.0.0.spec b/redhat/applications/kdbusnotification/kdbusnotification-14.0.0.spec
index 4c4db932d..f4e8b815f 100644
--- a/redhat/applications/kdbusnotification/kdbusnotification-14.0.0.spec
+++ b/redhat/applications/kdbusnotification/kdbusnotification-14.0.0.spec
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ BuildRoot:		%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 Source0:		%{name}-%{tde_version}%{?preversion:~%{preversion}}.tar.gz
 
+Patch1:			kdbusnotification-14.0.0-fix_utf8.patch
+
 BuildRequires:	trinity-tqtinterface-devel >= %{tde_version}
 BuildRequires:	trinity-arts-devel >= %{tde_version}
 BuildRequires:	trinity-tdelibs-devel >= %{tde_version}
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ DBUS notifications via unobtrusive, easily dismissed passive popups.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{tde_version}%{?preversion:~%{preversion}}
+%patch1 -p1 -b .utf8
 
 %__cp -f "/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4" "admin/libtool.m4.in"
 %__cp -f "/usr/share/libtool/config/ltmain.sh" "admin/ltmain.sh" || %__cp -f "/usr/share/libtool/ltmain.sh" "admin/ltmain.sh"
diff --git a/redhat/tdelibs/tdelibs-14.0.0-passivepopup_utf8.patch b/redhat/tdelibs/tdelibs-14.0.0-passivepopup_utf8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46941f46f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redhat/tdelibs/tdelibs-14.0.0-passivepopup_utf8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- trinity-tdelibs-14.0.0~pre599+bae79307/tdeui/kpassivepopup.cpp.ORI	2013-07-19 22:31:16.453073343 +0200
++++ trinity-tdelibs-14.0.0~pre599+bae79307/tdeui/kpassivepopup.cpp	2013-07-19 22:31:55.288484612 +0200
+@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@
+                              const TQPixmap &icon )
+ {
+     // kdDebug() << "KPassivePopup::setView " << caption << ", " << text << endl;
+-    setView( standardView( caption, text, icon, this ) );
++    const TQString captionISO = TQString::fromLocal8Bit(caption.latin1());
++    const TQString textISO = TQString::fromLocal8Bit(text.latin1());
++    setView( standardView( captionISO, textISO, icon, this ) );
+ }
+ 
+ TQVBox * KPassivePopup::standardView( const TQString& caption,