--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtd.C	2010/10/22 05:58:00	1.50
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtd.C	2010/10/24 17:34:47	1.51
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
       else if (pid > 0)
         _exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
 
-      ev_default_fork ();
+      ev_loop_fork (EV_DEFAULT_UC);
     }
 
   ev_run ();