diff --git a/riscos/gui/url_bar.c b/riscos/gui/url_bar.c
index 5eccd602e..a25ea8748 100644
--- a/riscos/gui/url_bar.c
+++ b/riscos/gui/url_bar.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct url_bar {
 	wimp_i			text_icon;
 	char			*text_buffer;
 	size_t			text_size;
+	char			*text_buffer_utf8;
 
 	wimp_i			suggest_icon;
 	int			suggest_x, suggest_y;
@@ -508,6 +509,9 @@ void ro_gui_url_bar_destroy(struct url_bar *url_bar)
 	if (url_bar == NULL)
 		return;
 
+	if (url_bar->text_buffer_utf8 != NULL)
+		free(url_bar->text_buffer_utf8);
+
 	free(url_bar);
 }
 
@@ -1073,6 +1077,15 @@ const char *ro_gui_url_bar_get_url(struct url_bar *url_bar)
 	if (url_bar == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (url_bar->text_buffer_utf8 != NULL) {
+		free(url_bar->text_buffer_utf8);
+		url_bar->text_buffer_utf8 = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (utf8_from_local_encoding(url_bar->text_buffer, 0, &url_bar->text_buffer_utf8) == NSERROR_OK) {
+		return (const char *) url_bar->text_buffer_utf8;
+	}
+
 	return (const char *) url_bar->text_buffer;
 }