diff --git a/MTA10_Server/mods/deathmatch/logic/CGame.cpp b/MTA10_Server/mods/deathmatch/logic/CGame.cpp
index 5dadb619fe..8eee30fd50 100644
--- a/MTA10_Server/mods/deathmatch/logic/CGame.cpp
+++ b/MTA10_Server/mods/deathmatch/logic/CGame.cpp
@@ -530,6 +530,15 @@ bool CGame::Start ( int iArgumentCount, char* szArguments [] )
         return false;
     }
 
+    // Check pcre has been built correctly
+    int iPcreConfigUtf8 = 0;
+    pcre_config( PCRE_CONFIG_UTF8, &iPcreConfigUtf8 );
+    if ( iPcreConfigUtf8 == 0 )
+    {
+        CLogger::ErrorPrintf( "PCRE built without UTF8 support\n" );
+        return false;
+    }
+
     // Grab the path to the main config
     SString strBuffer;
     const char* szMainConfig;
diff --git a/initial-install.sh b/initial-install.sh
index 85f5192bc9..52e26b6e2b 100755
--- a/initial-install.sh
+++ b/initial-install.sh
@@ -13,17 +13,16 @@ autoreconf -fiv
 
 # then look at the configure options:
 #   ./configure --help
-
-# on a 64bit system, while there's no 64bit net.so
-# and probably some unknown issues you should compile and link
-# 32bit objects like so:
-#export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib32/pkgconfig
-#./configure LDFLAGS="-m32" CPPFLAGS="-m32" CFLAGS="-m32" CXXFLAGS="-m32" --enable-silent-rules $@
-
 if [ $1 = "-g" ]; then
-    ./configure CFLAGS='-g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' CXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' CPPFLAGS='-g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' --with-pic --disable-system-pcre
+    ./configure --with-pic --disable-system-pcre --enable-utf8 \
+                  CFLAGS='-g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC' \
+                CXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC -std=gnu++0x' \
+                CPPFLAGS='-g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC'
 else
-    ./configure CFLAGS='-O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' CXXFLAGS='-O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' CPPFLAGS='-O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' --with-pic --disable-system-pcre
+    ./configure --with-pic --disable-system-pcre --enable-utf8 \
+                  CFLAGS='-O2 -fPIC -DPIC' \
+                CXXFLAGS='-O2 -fPIC -DPIC -std=gnu++0x' \
+                CPPFLAGS='-O2 -fPIC -DPIC'
 fi
 
 # Remove previous build files #2
@@ -43,8 +42,14 @@ cd ../..
 # then you have makefiles and the source can be compiled :)
 # building in parallel mode (use -j<JOBS>)
 if [ $1 = "-g" ]; then
-    make CFLAGS='-g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' CXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' CPPFLAGS='-g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' >_make.log
+    make \
+                  CFLAGS='-g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' \
+                CXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized -std=gnu++0x' \
+                CPPFLAGS='-g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' >_make.log
 else
-    make CFLAGS='-O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' CXXFLAGS='-O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' CPPFLAGS='-O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' >_make.log
+    make \
+                  CFLAGS='-O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' \
+                CXXFLAGS='-O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized -std=gnu++0x' \
+                CPPFLAGS='-O2 -fPIC -DPIC -Wno-uninitialized' >_make.log
 fi
 
diff --git a/vendor/pcre/shipped_for_mta_win32/config.h b/vendor/pcre/shipped_for_mta_win32/config.h
index dadfbaf08f..b10d9396b1 100644
--- a/vendor/pcre/shipped_for_mta_win32/config.h
+++ b/vendor/pcre/shipped_for_mta_win32/config.h
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ them both to 0; an emulation function will be used. */
    even in an EBCDIC environment, but it is incompatible with the EBCDIC
    macro. That is, PCRE can support *either* EBCDIC code *or* ASCII/UTF-8, but
    not both at once. */
-/* #undef SUPPORT_UTF8 */
+#define SUPPORT_UTF8
 
 /* Version number of package */
 #ifndef VERSION