diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 359ee572..be72ac80 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2870,6 +2870,7 @@ Lars Hanisch <dvb@flensrocker.de>
  for reporting a missing closing ')' in the help entry of the --vfat option
  for making the Recordings menu able to be called with a cRecordingFilter, which allows
  the caller to have it display only a certain subset of the recordings
+ for adding handling UTF-8 'umlaut' characters to cKbdRemote
 
 Alex Lasnier <alex@fepg.org>
  for adding tuning support for ATSC devices
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index cb7c72b7..6adbc91e 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -8075,3 +8075,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - The Recordings menu can now be called with a cRecordingFilter, which allows the
   caller to have it display only a certain subset of the recordings (thanks to Lars
   Hanisch).
+- Added handling UTF-8 'umlaut' characters to cKbdRemote (thanks to Lars Hanisch).
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index f3d90c96..f9349243 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: remote.c 2.8 2013/02/03 15:44:55 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: remote.c 3.1 2013/12/25 12:45:43 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "remote.h"
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ cKbdRemote::cKbdRemote(void)
      tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &tm);
      }
   kbdAvailable = true;
+  systemIsUtf8 = !cCharSetConv::SystemCharacterTable() || strcmp(cCharSetConv::SystemCharacterTable(), "UTF-8") == 0;
   Start();
 }
 
@@ -324,7 +325,23 @@ uint64_t cKbdRemote::ReadKeySequence(void)
 
   if ((key1 = ReadKey()) >= 0) {
      k = key1;
-     if (key1 == 0x1B) {
+     if (systemIsUtf8 && (key1 & 0xC0) == 0xC0) {
+        char bytes[4] = { 0 };
+        bytes[0] = key1;
+        int bytescount = 1;
+        if ((key1 & 0xF0) == 0xF0)
+           bytescount = 3;
+        else if ((key1 & 0xE0) == 0xE0)
+           bytescount = 2;
+        for (int i = 0; i < bytescount; i++) {
+            if ((key1 = ReadKey()) >= 0)
+               bytes[i + 1] = key1;
+            }
+        k = Utf8CharGet(bytes);
+        if (k > 0xFF)
+           k = 0;
+        }
+     else if (key1 == 0x1B) {
         // Start of escape sequence
         if ((key1 = ReadKey()) >= 0) {
            k <<= 8;
diff --git a/remote.h b/remote.h
index 7c081d47..415f2e77 100644
--- a/remote.h
+++ b/remote.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: remote.h 2.1 2013/02/02 12:44:33 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: remote.h 3.1 2013/12/25 12:32:44 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __REMOTE_H
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ class cKbdRemote : public cRemote, private cThread {
 private:
   static bool kbdAvailable;
   static bool rawMode;
+  bool systemIsUtf8;
   struct termios savedTm;
   virtual void Action(void);
   int ReadKey(void);