diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
index d34951570..30ade5634 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
@@ -569,6 +569,7 @@ sub commentmoderation ($$) {
 		my $added=0;
 		foreach my $id (keys %vars) {
 			if ($id =~ /(.*)\._comment(?:_pending)?$/) {
+				$id=decode_utf8($id);
 				my $action=$cgi->param($id);
 				next if $action eq 'Defer' && ! $rejectalldefer;
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1450e502e..baf7a6a35 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ ikiwiki (3.20100624) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     runs.
   * po: Added needstranslation() pagespec. (intrigeri)
   * po: Added support for .html source pages. (intrigeri)
+  * comment: Fix problem moderating comments of certian pages with utf-8
+    in their name.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:30:04 -0400