diff --git a/hunspell-ga.spec b/hunspell-ga.spec
index 2a65877..b71f487 100644
--- a/hunspell-ga.spec
+++ b/hunspell-ga.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name: hunspell-ga
 Summary: Irish hunspell dictionaries
 Version: 4.6
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 Source0: http://gaelspell.googlecode.com/files/ispell-gaeilge-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: myspell-header
 Source2: hunspell-header
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Irish hunspell dictionaries.
 make
 cat %{SOURCE1} %{SOURCE2} > header
 export LANG=en_IE.UTF-8
-ispellaff2myspell gaeilge.aff --myheader header | sed -e "s/\"\"/0/g" | sed -e "s/\"//g" > ga_IE.aff
+iconv -f utf-8 -t iso-8859-1 < gaeilge.aff > gaeilge.aff.iso-8859-1
+ispellaff2myspell gaeilge.aff.iso-8859-1 --myheader header | sed -e "s/\"\"/0/g" | sed -e "s/\"//g" > ga_IE.aff
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/myspell/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 28 2013 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 4.6-6
+- Resolves: rhbz#967637 encoding bustage
+
 * Mon May 27 2013 Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 4.6-5
 - Resolves: rhbz#967637 empty ga.aff