diff --git a/SoObjects/Mailer/NSData+SMIME.m b/SoObjects/Mailer/NSData+SMIME.m
index 3fa611faa0..396e2eae3a 100644
--- a/SoObjects/Mailer/NSData+SMIME.m
+++ b/SoObjects/Mailer/NSData+SMIME.m
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ - (NSDictionary *) certificateDescription
       memset(p, 0, 1024);
       buf = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
       X509_NAME_print_ex(buf, X509_get_subject_name(x), 0,
-                         ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_CTRL | XN_FLAG_SEP_MULTILINE | XN_FLAG_FN_LN);
+                         ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_CTRL | ASN1_STRFLGS_UTF8_CONVERT | XN_FLAG_SEP_MULTILINE | XN_FLAG_FN_LN);
       BIO_read(buf, p, 1024);
       subject = [NSString stringWithUTF8String: p];
       BIO_free(buf);
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ - (NSDictionary *) certificateDescription
       memset(p, 0, 1024);
       buf = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
       X509_NAME_print_ex(buf, X509_get_issuer_name(x), 0,
-                             ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_CTRL | XN_FLAG_SEP_MULTILINE | XN_FLAG_FN_LN);
+                             ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_CTRL | ASN1_STRFLGS_UTF8_CONVERT | XN_FLAG_SEP_MULTILINE | XN_FLAG_FN_LN);
       BIO_read(buf, p, 1024);
       issuer = [NSString stringWithUTF8String: p];
       BIO_free(buf);
diff --git a/UI/MailPartViewers/UIxMailPartEncryptedViewer.m b/UI/MailPartViewers/UIxMailPartEncryptedViewer.m
index 39703f0e67..68944688af 100644
--- a/UI/MailPartViewers/UIxMailPartEncryptedViewer.m
+++ b/UI/MailPartViewers/UIxMailPartEncryptedViewer.m
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ - (NSData *) _processMessageWith: (NSData *) signedData
 	      memset(p, 0, 1024);
 	      buf = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
 	      X509_NAME_print_ex(buf, X509_get_subject_name(x), 0,
-                                 ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_CTRL | XN_FLAG_SEP_MULTILINE | XN_FLAG_FN_LN);
+                                 ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_CTRL | ASN1_STRFLGS_UTF8_CONVERT | XN_FLAG_SEP_MULTILINE | XN_FLAG_FN_LN);
               BIO_read(buf, p, 1024);
 	      subject = [NSString stringWithUTF8String: p];
 	      BIO_free(buf);
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ - (NSData *) _processMessageWith: (NSData *) signedData
 	      memset(p, 0, 1024);
 	      buf = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
 	      X509_NAME_print_ex(buf, X509_get_issuer_name(x), 0,
-                                 ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_CTRL | XN_FLAG_SEP_MULTILINE | XN_FLAG_FN_LN);
+                                 ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_CTRL | ASN1_STRFLGS_UTF8_CONVERT | XN_FLAG_SEP_MULTILINE | XN_FLAG_FN_LN);
 	      BIO_read(buf, p, 1024);
 	      issuer = [NSString stringWithUTF8String: p];
 	      BIO_free(buf);