diff --git a/gui/browser_osx.mm b/gui/browser_osx.mm
index 9b4aa81afb7..804d10d7b0d 100644
--- a/gui/browser_osx.mm
+++ b/gui/browser_osx.mm
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "common/algorithm.h"
 
 #import <AppKit/NSOpenPanel.h>
+#import <Foundation/NSString.h>
 
 namespace GUI {
 
@@ -62,7 +63,11 @@ int BrowserDialog::runModal() {
 	NSOpenPanel * panel = [NSOpenPanel openPanel];
 	[panel setCanChooseDirectories:YES];
 	if ([panel runModalForTypes:nil] == NSOKButton) {
+#ifdef __POWERPC__
 		const char *filename = [[panel filename] cString];
+#else
+		const char *filename = [[panel filename] cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+#endif
 		_choice = Common::FSNode(filename);
 		choiceMade = true;		
 	}
@@ -78,4 +83,4 @@ int BrowserDialog::runModal() {
 	return choiceMade;
 }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}