--- rxvt-unicode/src/xdefaults.C	2011/11/29 16:44:13	1.156
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/xdefaults.C	2011/12/02 09:02:05	1.158
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@
  *      "rxvt" "keysym" "0xFF01"
  *   value will be a string
  */
-int
+static int
 rxvt_define_key (XrmDatabase *database ecb_unused,
                  XrmBindingList bindings ecb_unused,
                  XrmQuarkList quarks,
@@ -692,7 +692,9 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
-  keyboard->register_user_translation (sym, state, arg);
+  wchar_t *ws = rxvt_mbstowcs (arg);
+  keyboard->register_user_translation (sym, state, ws);
+  free (ws);
   return 1;
 }