diff --git a/src/Ddeboer/Imap/Message/Part.php b/src/Ddeboer/Imap/Message/Part.php
index c65929f7..9e68a6c3 100644
--- a/src/Ddeboer/Imap/Message/Part.php
+++ b/src/Ddeboer/Imap/Message/Part.php
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public function getDecodedContent()
                     break;
 
                 case self::ENCODING_QUOTED_PRINTABLE:
-                    $this->decodedContent = \quoted_printable_decode($this->getContent());
+                    $this->decodedContent = \utf8_encode( \quoted_printable_decode($this->getContent()));
                     break;
 
                 case self::ENCODING_7BIT: