diff --git a/bindkey.tcsh b/bindkey.tcsh
index fd71b14..2f6569c 100644
--- a/bindkey.tcsh
+++ b/bindkey.tcsh
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ endif
 #
 bindkey    "^?"		backward-delete-char
 bindkey    "^H"		backward-delete-char
+if ( "$TERM" == "xterm" ) then
+	#
+	# XTerm in UTF-8 mode
+	#
+	bindkey    "^[\303\277"	backward-delete-word
+	bindkey    "^[ÿ"	backward-delete-word
+endif
 #
 # Home and End
 #
diff --git a/tcsh.changes b/tcsh.changes
index 5b8a8da..ee1e247 100644
--- a/tcsh.changes
+++ b/tcsh.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 21 15:00:49 CET 2009 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Reenable Alt-BackSpace for delete word in XTerm in UTF-8 mode
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 26 18:30:26 CET 2008 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/tcsh.spec b/tcsh.spec
index 3eb555a..2ed2639 100644
--- a/tcsh.spec
+++ b/tcsh.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package tcsh (Version 6.15.00)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2009 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Group:          System/Shells
 Requires:       gawk textutils
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        6.15.00
-Release:        93
+Release:        94
 Summary:        The C SHell
 Source:         ftp.astron.com:/pub/tcsh/tcsh-6.15.00.tar.bz2
 Source1:        nls-iconv
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ Authors:
 %{_datadir}/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/tcsh
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 21 2009 werner@suse.de
+- Reenable Alt-BackSpace for delete word in XTerm in UTF-8 mode
 * Wed Nov 26 2008 werner@suse.de
 - For commands with full execution path bypass correction algorithm
   if the command is found (bnc#444992)