Index: configs/cdr_pgsql.conf.sample
===================================================================
--- configs/cdr_pgsql.conf.sample	(revision 287933)
+++ configs/cdr_pgsql.conf.sample	(working copy)
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 ;password=password
 ;user=postgres
 ;table=cdr		;SQL table where CDRs will be inserted
+;encoding=LATIN9	; Encoding of logged characters in Asterisk (this is unlikely to be UTF8).
Index: cdr/cdr_pgsql.c
===================================================================
--- cdr/cdr_pgsql.c	(revision 287933)
+++ cdr/cdr_pgsql.c	(working copy)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 static char *name = "pgsql";
 static char *config = "cdr_pgsql.conf";
-static char *pghostname = NULL, *pgdbname = NULL, *pgdbuser = NULL, *pgpassword = NULL, *pgdbport = NULL, *table = NULL;
+static char *pghostname = NULL, *pgdbname = NULL, *pgdbuser = NULL, *pgpassword = NULL, *pgdbport = NULL, *table = NULL, *encoding = NULL;
 static int connected = 0;
 static int maxsize = 512, maxsize2 = 512;
 
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@
 		conn = PQsetdbLogin(pghostname, pgdbport, NULL, NULL, pgdbname, pgdbuser, pgpassword);
 		if (PQstatus(conn) != CONNECTION_BAD) {
 			connected = 1;
+			if (PQsetClientEncoding(conn, encoding)) {
+				ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Failed to set encoding to '%s'.  Encoding set to default '%s'\n", encoding, pg_encoding_to_char(PQclientEncoding(conn)));
+			}
 		} else {
 			pgerror = PQerrorMessage(conn);
 			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to connect to database server %s.  Calls will not be logged!\n", pghostname);
@@ -452,6 +455,19 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	if (!(tmp = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "global", "encoding"))) {
+		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Encoding not specified.  Assuming LATIN9\n");
+		tmp = "LATIN9";
+	}
+
+	if (encoding) {
+		ast_free(encoding);
+	}
+	if (!(encoding = ast_strdup(tmp))) {
+		ast_config_destroy(cfg);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	if (option_debug) {
 		if (ast_strlen_zero(pghostname)) {
 			ast_debug(1, "using default unix socket\n");
@@ -472,6 +488,9 @@
 		int i, rows, version;
 		ast_debug(1, "Successfully connected to PostgreSQL database.\n");
 		connected = 1;
+		if (PQsetClientEncoding(conn, encoding)) {
+			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Failed to set encoding to '%s'.  Encoding set to default '%s'\n", encoding, pg_encoding_to_char(PQclientEncoding(conn)));
+		}
 		version = PQserverVersion(conn);
 
 		if (version >= 70300) {