diff --git a/lang/german-utf-8.inc.php3 b/lang/german-utf-8.inc.php3
index 7793519eb..0a9399d20 100644
--- a/lang/german-utf-8.inc.php3
+++ b/lang/german-utf-8.inc.php3
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 $charset = 'utf-8';
-$allow_recoding = FALSE;
+$allow_recoding = TRUE;
 $text_dir = 'ltr';
 $left_font_family = 'verdana, arial, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif';
 $right_font_family = 'arial, helvetica, geneva, sans-serif';