diff --git a/nls/locale.alias.pre b/nls/locale.alias.pre
index a74ca75..ff5bc3f 100644
--- a/nls/locale.alias.pre
+++ b/nls/locale.alias.pre
@@ -898,6 +898,7 @@ ru_RU.cp1251:					ru_RU.CP1251
 ru_RU.microsoftcp1251:				ru_RU.CP1251
 ru_RU.microsoft-cp1251:				ru_RU.CP1251
 ru_RU.MICROSOFT-CP1251:				ru_RU.CP1251
+ru_RU.utf8:					ru_RU.UTF-8
 #if defined(INCLUDE_ru_SU)
 XCOMM ru_SU is redundant now
 ru_SU:						ru_RU.KOI8-R