diff --git a/core/src/index.php b/core/src/index.php
index 9f469f9201..bd9d8e1520 100644
--- a/core/src/index.php
+++ b/core/src/index.php
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
  * Will dispatch the actions on the plugins.
  */
 
+setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.utf8");  //Set locale to UTF-8 to avoid stripping of non-ASCII-characters (e.g. in filenames).
+
 use Pydio\Core\Http\TopLevelRouter;
 
 include_once("base.conf.php");
 
 $router = new TopLevelRouter();
-$router->route();
\ No newline at end of file
+$router->route();