diff -ur vfu-4.10/vslib/unicon.cpp vfu-4.10-utf/vslib/unicon.cpp
--- vfu-4.10/vslib/unicon.cpp	2009-12-12 01:07:11.000000000 +0200
+++ vfu-4.10-utf/vslib/unicon.cpp	2010-03-20 20:08:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
 
   int con_init()
   {
+    setlocale (LC_CTYPE, "");
     initscr();
     start_color();
     qiflush();
diff -ur vfu-4.10/vslib/unicon.h vfu-4.10-utf/vslib/unicon.h
--- vfu-4.10/vslib/unicon.h	2008-04-30 02:28:00.000000000 +0300
+++ vfu-4.10-utf/vslib/unicon.h	2010-03-20 20:07:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   #include <curses.h>
   #endif
   #include <stdlib.h>
+  #include <locale.h>
 #endif
 
 /****************************************************************************