diff --git a/src/fpdm.php b/src/fpdm.php
index a5e89ff..22ca793 100644
--- a/src/fpdm.php
+++ b/src/fpdm.php
@@ -1787,6 +1787,10 @@ function parsePDFEntries(&$lines){
 										if(($name=="")&&preg_match("/^\/T\s?\((.+)\)\s*$/",$this->_protectContentValues($CurLine),$match)) {
 								
 											$name=$this->_unprotectContentValues($match[1]);
+											//FIX: convert ASCII object names to utf-8
+											// don't use utf8_encode($name) yet, it's core function since php 7.2
+											$name = mb_convert_encoding($name, 'UTF-8', 'ASCII');
+											//ENDFIX
 											if($verbose_parsing) echo ("Object's name is '<i>$name</i>'");
 											
 											$object["infos"]["name"]=$name; //Keep a track
@@ -2116,4 +2120,4 @@ function Error($msg) {
 	
 }
 
-unset($__tmp);
\ No newline at end of file
+unset($__tmp);