diff --git a/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyItem.cpp b/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyItem.cpp
index 2e1e50f52b..5ae2414d30 100644
--- a/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyItem.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyItem.cpp
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ void PropertyItem::setPropertyValue(const QString& value)
         }
 
         ss << parent->getPropertyPrefix() << prop->getName()
-           << " = " << value.toLatin1().constData() << '\n';
+           << " = " << value.toUtf8().constData() << '\n';
     }
 
     std::string cmd = ss.str();