diff -Naur linuxdcpp.orig/client/ClientManager.cpp linuxdcpp/client/ClientManager.cpp
--- linuxdcpp.orig/client/ClientManager.cpp	2008-12-21 18:33:41.000000000 +0000
+++ linuxdcpp/client/ClientManager.cpp	2008-12-21 18:33:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
 //		dcdebug("Found %d items (%s)\n", l.size(), aString.c_str());
 	if(l.size() > 0) {
 		if(isPassive) {
-			string name = aSeeker.substr(4);
+			string name = Text::fromUtf8(aSeeker.substr(4),aClient->getEncoding());
 			// Good, we have a passive seeker, those are easier...
 			string str;
 			for(SearchResult::Iter i = l.begin(); i != l.end(); ++i) {