diff --git a/tdeabc/vcardparser/testutils.cpp b/tdeabc/vcardparser/testutils.cpp
index 21348d341..2a89d82dd 100644
--- a/tdeabc/vcardparser/testutils.cpp
+++ b/tdeabc/vcardparser/testutils.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ vcardAsText( const TQString& location )
     TQFile file( location );
     if ( file.open( IO_ReadOnly ) ) {
         TQTextStream stream( &file );
+        stream.setEncoding( TQTextStream::UnicodeUTF8 );
         if ( !stream.eof() ) {
             line = stream.read();
         }