@@ -63,10 +63,15 @@
 					      selector: _cmd];
 }
 
 - (OFString*)readLine
 {
+	return [self readLineWithEncoding: OF_STRING_ENCODING_UTF_8];
+}
+
+- (OFString*)readLineWithEncoding: (enum of_string_encoding)encoding
+{
 	size_t i, len;
 	char *ret_c, *tmp, *tmp2;
 	OFString *ret;
 
 	/* Look if there's a line or \0 in our cache */
@@ -73,10 +78,11 @@
 	if (cache != NULL) {
 		for (i = 0; i < cache_len; i++) {
 			if (OF_UNLIKELY(cache[i] == '\n' ||
 			    cache[i] == '\0')) {
 				ret = [OFString stringWithCString: cache
+							 encoding: encoding
 							   length: i];
 
 				tmp = [self allocMemoryWithSize: cache_len -
 								 i - 1];
 				memcpy(tmp, cache + i + 1, cache_len - i - 1);
@@ -99,10 +105,11 @@
 
 			if (cache == NULL)
 				return nil;
 
 			ret = [OFString stringWithCString: cache
+						 encoding: encoding
 						   length: cache_len];
 
 			[self freeMemory: cache];
 			cache = NULL;
 			cache_len = 0;
@@ -158,11 +165,12 @@
 				}
 				[self freeMemory: tmp];
 
 				@try {
 					ret = [OFString
-					    stringWithCString: ret_c];
+					    stringWithCString: ret_c
+						     encoding: encoding];
 				} @finally {
 					[self freeMemory: ret_c];
 				}
 				return ret;
 			}