diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 2f46df8748..ec8d599b57 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
      * Change, ! Fix, % Optimization, + Addition, - Removal, ; Comment
  */
 
+2013-10-22 14:42 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
+  * src/rtl/gttrm/gttrm.c
+    * use non POSIX termios input line flag IUTF8 to detect UTF8
+      mode if other methods failed.
+
 2013-10-15 23:29 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
   - contrib/hbfship/flddeci.c
   * contrib/hbfship/hbfship.hbp
diff --git a/src/rtl/gttrm/gttrm.c b/src/rtl/gttrm/gttrm.c
index 4d5f09ae38..d8f447d139 100644
--- a/src/rtl/gttrm/gttrm.c
+++ b/src/rtl/gttrm/gttrm.c
@@ -2146,7 +2146,15 @@ static HB_BOOL hb_trm_isUTF8( PHB_GTTRM pTerm )
       return fUTF8;
 
    szLang = getenv( "LANG" );
-   return szLang && strstr( szLang, "UTF-8" ) != NULL;
+   if( szLang && strstr( szLang, "UTF-8" ) != NULL )
+      return HB_TRUE;
+
+#ifdef IUTF8
+   if( ( pTerm->curr_TIO.c_iflag & IUTF8 ) != 0 )
+      return HB_TRUE;
+#endif
+
+   return HB_FALSE;
 }
 
 static void hb_gt_trm_PutStr( PHB_GTTRM pTerm, int iRow, int iCol, int iAttr, const char * pStr, int iLen, int iChars )