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diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 2facf2db7a..8308e2208e 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -866,6 +866,10 @@ sub chop_str {
my $add_len = shift || 10;
my $where = shift || 'right'; # 'left' | 'center' | 'right'
+ # Make sure perl knows it is utf8 encoded so we don't
+ # cut in the middle of a utf8 multibyte char.
+ $str = to_utf8($str);
+
# allow only $len chars, but don't cut a word if it would fit in $add_len
# if it doesn't fit, cut it if it's still longer than the dots we would add
# remove chopped character entities entirely