diff --git a/src/providers/delimitedtext/qgsdelimitedtextprovider.cpp b/src/providers/delimitedtext/qgsdelimitedtextprovider.cpp
index e5cdf0be08a..40ce963b9ec 100644
--- a/src/providers/delimitedtext/qgsdelimitedtextprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/delimitedtext/qgsdelimitedtextprovider.cpp
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ bool QgsDelimitedTextProvider::saveAsShapefile()
       }
       OGRDataSource *poDS;
       // create the data source
-      poDS = poDriver->CreateDataSource((const char *) shapefileName, NULL);
+      poDS = poDriver->CreateDataSource((const char *) shapefileName.toLocal8Bit(), NULL);
       if (poDS != NULL)
       {
         QTextCodec* saveCodec = QTextCodec::codecForName(enc.toLocal8Bit().data());