diff --git a/C4/Search.pm b/C4/Search.pm
index 39bbbc54f4..da729ad957 100644
--- a/C4/Search.pm
+++ b/C4/Search.pm
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use URI::Escape;
 use Business::ISBN;
 use MARC::Record;
 use MARC::Field;
-
+use utf8;
 use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS $DEBUG);
 
 # set the version for version checking