diff --git a/src/gen/plug/_pluginreg.py b/src/gen/plug/_pluginreg.py
index 654173554..505199231 100644
--- a/src/gen/plug/_pluginreg.py
+++ b/src/gen/plug/_pluginreg.py
@@ -940,8 +940,11 @@ class PluginRegister(object):
             lenpd = len(self.__plugindata)
             full_filename = os.path.join(dir, filename)
             local_gettext = get_addon_translator(full_filename).gettext
+            if type(full_filename) == str:
+                full_filename = unicode(full_filename, sys.getfilesystemencoding())
             try:
-                execfile(full_filename,
+                #execfile(full_filename,
+                execfile(full_filename.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding()),
                          make_environment(_=local_gettext),
                          {})
             except ValueError, msg: