diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unicode-grep.patch
diff --git a/debian/patches/unicode-grep.patch b/debian/patches/unicode-grep.patch
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+Author: Eduard Sanou <dhole@openmailbox.org>
+Description: Fix misdetection as binary input when LC_ALL=C
+
+--- lximage-qt-0.4.0+20160108.orig/cmake/LXQtTranslateDesktop.cmake
++++ lximage-qt-0.4.0+20160108/cmake/LXQtTranslateDesktop.cmake
+@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ function(lxqt_translate_desktop _RESULT)
+         set(_pattern "'\\[.*]\\s*='")
+         if (_translations)
+             add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${_outFile}
+-                COMMAND grep -v "'#TRANSLATIONS_DIR='" ${_inFile} > ${_outFile}
+-                COMMAND grep -h ${_pattern} ${_translations} >> ${_outFile}
++                COMMAND grep -a -v "'#TRANSLATIONS_DIR='" ${_inFile} > ${_outFile}
++                COMMAND grep -a -h ${_pattern} ${_translations} >> ${_outFile}
+                 COMMENT "Generating ${_fileName}${_fileExt}"
+             )
+         else()
+             add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${_outFile}
+-                COMMAND grep -v "'#TRANSLATIONS_DIR='" ${_inFile} > ${_outFile}
++                COMMAND grep -a -v "'#TRANSLATIONS_DIR='" ${_inFile} > ${_outFile}
+                 COMMENT "Generating ${_fileName}${_fileExt}"
+             )
+         endif()