--- ./lib/Net/Cmd.pm.orig	2009-09-03 14:32:13.000000000 +0000
+++ ./lib/Net/Cmd.pm	2009-09-03 14:47:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ sub command {
     $str = $cmd->toascii($str) if $tr;
     $str .= "\015\012";
 
+    # encode to individual utf8 bytes if
+    # $str is a string (in internal UTF-8)
+    utf8::encode($str) if is_utf8($str);
+
     my $len = length $str;
     my $swlen;
 
@@ -473,6 +477,10 @@ sub rawdatasend {
 
   return 0 unless defined(fileno($cmd));
 
+  # encode to individual utf8 bytes if
+  # $line is a string (in internal UTF-8)
+  utf8::encode($line) if is_utf8($line);
+
   return 1
     unless length($line);