diff --git a/lib/diff_match_patch.php b/lib/diff_match_patch.php
index 35bdb82..cdeb11f 100644
--- a/lib/diff_match_patch.php
+++ b/lib/diff_match_patch.php
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
  * Class containing the diff, match and patch methods.
  * @constructor
  */
+ 
+mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8'); // Add UTF-8 support
+
 class diff_match_patch {
 
 	// Defaults.
@@ -2114,4 +2117,4 @@ function echo_Exception($str){
 }
 //mb_internal_encoding("UTF-8");
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>