diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2ccb2b47f92fbc3f7e43895c8a8ea8b49e356986..8f9d359946a220949c6190485be65ec33d4dd41d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ CVS code -
 	  edit_scroll(). (DLR, found by Daniel Richard G.)
 	- Rename the DISABLE_ROOTWRAP #define to DISABLE_ROOTWRAPPING.
 	  (DLR)
+	- When using slang 2.x, call SLutf8_enable() with an argument of
+	  1 instead of TRUE, as that's the proper way to force its UTF-8
+	  support on.  Changes to main() and configure.ac. (DLR)
 - browser.c:
   do_browser()
 	- Refactor the mouse support, modeling it after do_mouse() for
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 972f064e8e1ec09ff64d1ab807f364d85038542b..1f0c5f0cf8b10e1504b22ec2a21368dce69c2944 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(slang,
 #include <slcurses.h>
 int main(void)
 {
-    SLutf8_enable(TRUE);
+    SLutf8_enable(1);
     return 0;
 }],
 		    [AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int main(void)
 #include <slcurses.h>
 int main(void)
 {
-    SLutf8_enable(TRUE);
+    SLutf8_enable(1);
     return 0;
 }],
 			[AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ int main(void)
 #include <slcurses.h>
 int main(void)
 {
-    SLutf8_enable(TRUE);
+    SLutf8_enable(1);
     return 0;
 }],
 			    [AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 0b4b0cfe3ac222c55c2c8c99cfa9c436ed0f59aa..3ca9632a6ef7daa5a1a8f1878baa704de15a2e7a 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (locale != NULL && (strcasestr(locale, "UTF8") != NULL ||
 		strcasestr(locale, "UTF-8") != NULL)) {
 #ifdef USE_SLANG
-	    SLutf8_enable(TRUE);
+	    SLutf8_enable(1);
 #endif
 	    utf8_init();
 	}