--- libglade-2.5.1/glade/glade-gtk.c.invisible-char	2006-03-23 09:15:52.000000000 -0500
+++ libglade-2.5.1/glade/glade-gtk.c	2006-03-23 09:16:21.000000000 -0500
@@ -421,7 +421,11 @@
 entry_set_invisible_char (GladeXML *xml, GtkWidget *w,
 			  const gchar *name, const gchar *value)
 {
-    gtk_entry_set_invisible_char (GTK_ENTRY (w), value [0]);
+    gunichar c;
+
+    c = g_utf8_get_char_validated (value, strlen (value));
+    if (c > 0)
+        gtk_entry_set_invisible_char (GTK_ENTRY (w), c);
 }
 
 static void