ext/yajl/yajl_ext.c in yajl-ruby-0.8.2 vs ext/yajl/yajl_ext.c in yajl-ruby-0.8.3

@@ -284,10 +284,15 @@
 
     if (wrapper->symbolizeKeys) {
         char buf[stringLen+1];
         memcpy(buf, stringVal, stringLen);
         buf[stringLen] = 0;
-        yajl_set_static_value(ctx, ID2SYM(rb_intern(buf)));
+        VALUE stringEncoded = rb_str_new2(buf);
+#ifdef HAVE_RUBY_ENCODING_H
+        rb_enc_associate(stringEncoded, rb_utf8_encoding());
+#endif
+
+        yajl_set_static_value(ctx, ID2SYM(rb_to_id(stringEncoded)));
     } else {
         keyStr = rb_str_new((const char *)stringVal, stringLen);
 #ifdef HAVE_RUBY_ENCODING_H
         rb_enc_associate(keyStr, utf8Encoding);
         if (default_internal_enc) {