diff --git a/colobot--do-not-translate-default-player-name.patch b/colobot--do-not-translate-default-player-name.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c67a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/colobot--do-not-translate-default-player-name.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/level/player_profile.cpp b/src/level/player_profile.cpp
+index 9abd20a8..c342cdae 100644
+--- a/src/level/player_profile.cpp
++++ b/src/level/player_profile.cpp
+@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ std::string CPlayerProfile::GetLastName()
+     std::string name;
+ 
+     if(!GetConfigFile().GetStringProperty("Gamer", "LastName", name) || name.empty())
+-        GetResource(RES_TEXT, RT_NAME_DEFAULT, name);
++        name = "Player";
+ 
+     return name;
+ }
diff --git a/colobot.spec b/colobot.spec
index a4487b0..e38cb96 100644
--- a/colobot.spec
+++ b/colobot.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:    colobot
 Version: 0.1.12
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 Summary: A video game that teaches programming in a fun way
 
 License: GPLv3
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ Source118: %{musicurl}/Infinite.ogg
 Source119: %{musicurl}/Proton.ogg
 Source120: %{musicurl}/Prototype.ogg
 
+
+# The game uses the translated string "Player" as the default player name
+# yet it does not properly handle UTF-8 in player names,
+# so non-English speakers may have the game always crash when putting in the player name.
+#
+# See: https://github.com/colobot/colobot/issues/1268 
+Patch0: colobot--do-not-translate-default-player-name.patch
+
+
 BuildRequires: boost-devel >= 1.51
 BuildRequires: boost-filesystem >= 1.51
 BuildRequires: boost-regex >= 1.51
@@ -88,6 +97,7 @@ Music files used by Colobot Gold.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n colobot-%{gittag}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 rm -rf ./data
 cp %{SOURCE1} ./data.tgz
@@ -170,6 +180,10 @@ appstream-util validate-relax --nonet %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/metainfo/*.appdata
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 07 2019 Artur Iwicki <fedora@svgames.pl> - 0.1.12-3
+- Make the game always use "Player" as the default player name
+  (fixes the game crashing under certain system locale settings)
+
 * Sun Feb 24 2019 Artur Iwicki <fedora@svgames.pl> - 0.1.12-2
 - Replace python3 BR with python3-devel
 - Move music files to the fepdkg lookaside cache