diff --git a/dlfcn.c b/dlfcn.c
index 69670d1..8d2dbc0 100644
--- a/dlfcn.c
+++ b/dlfcn.c
@@ -264,8 +264,19 @@ void *dlopen( const char *file, int mode )
          * to UNIX's search paths (start with system folders instead of current
          * folder).
          */
-        hModule = LoadLibraryExA(lpFileName, NULL, 
-                                LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH );
+        int wide_len = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, lpFileName, -1, 0, 0);
+        if (wide_len > 0)
+        {
+          wchar_t* lpFileNameW = (wchar_t*)malloc(wide_len * sizeof(wchar_t));
+          MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, lpFileName, -1, lpFileNameW, wide_len);
+
+          hModule = LoadLibraryExW(lpFileNameW, NULL, 
+                                  LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH );
+
+          free(lpFileNameW);
+        }
+        else
+          hModule = 0;
 
         if( MyEnumProcessModules( hCurrentProc, NULL, 0, &dwProcModsAfter ) == 0 )
             dwProcModsAfter = 0;