diff --git a/src/fs.h b/src/fs.h
--- a/src/fs.h
+++ b/src/fs.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
 
 /** Filesystem operations and types */
diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include <shlwapi.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <boost/filesystem/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
 #include <boost/scoped_array.hpp>
 
@@ -65,8 +64,6 @@
 #include <QFontDatabase>
 #endif
 
-static fs::detail::utf8_codecvt_facet utf8;
-
 #if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
 // These Mac includes must be done in the global namespace
 #include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
@@ -889,11 +886,11 @@
 }
 
 fs::path qstringToBoostPath(const QString &path) {
-    return fs::path(path.toStdString(), utf8);
+    return fs::path(path.toStdString());
 }
 
 QString boostPathToQString(const fs::path &path) {
-    return QString::fromStdString(path.string(utf8));
+    return QString::fromStdString(path.string());
 }
 
 QString formatDurationStr(int secs) {
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -1135,7 +1135,11 @@
     // A dummy locale is used to extract the internal default locale, used by
     // fs::path, which is then used to explicitly imbue the path.
     std::locale loc = fs::path::imbue(std::locale::classic());
+#ifndef WIN32
     fs::path::imbue(loc);
+#else
+    fs::path::imbue(std::locale(loc, new std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<wchar_t>()));
+#endif
 }
 
 bool SetupNetworking() {