1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/SimpleLexer.cpp b/src/libs/cplusplus/SimpleLexer.cpp
index 8e539acb84a..95c6c051a59 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/SimpleLexer.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/SimpleLexer.cpp
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ bool SimpleLexer::endedJoined() const
     return _endedJoined;
 }
 
-QList<Token> SimpleLexer::operator()(const QString &text, int state)
+QList<Token> SimpleLexer::operator()(const QString &text, int state, bool convertToUtf8)
 {
     QList<Token> tokens;
 
-    const QByteArray bytes = text.toLatin1();
+    const QByteArray bytes = convertToUtf8 ? text.toUtf8() : text.toLatin1();
     const char *firstChar = bytes.constData();
     const char *lastChar = firstChar + bytes.size();