diff --git a/kgb-bot-1.31-Remove-deprecated-pragma-encoding.patch b/kgb-bot-1.31-Remove-deprecated-pragma-encoding.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76f8060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kgb-bot-1.31-Remove-deprecated-pragma-encoding.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up App-KGB-1.31/script/kgb-bot.orig App-KGB-1.31/script/kgb-bot
+--- App-KGB-1.31/script/kgb-bot.orig	2017-05-25 13:18:40.421854122 +0200
++++ App-KGB-1.31/script/kgb-bot	2017-05-25 13:44:17.267994208 +0200
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ package KGB;
+ 
+ use strict;
+ use warnings;
+-use encoding 'utf8';
++use utf8;
+ use open ':encoding(utf8)';
+ use App::KGB::Painter;
+ use Time::Piece qw(localtime);
diff --git a/kgb-bot.spec b/kgb-bot.spec
index 0536007..f6ef4cf 100644
--- a/kgb-bot.spec
+++ b/kgb-bot.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name:		kgb-bot
 Summary:	IRC Collaboration Bot
 Version:	1.31
-Release:	11%{dist}
+Release:	12%{dist}
 License:	GPLv2+
 Group:		Applications/Internet
 URL:		http://kgb.alioth.debian.org
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Source2:	%{name}.init
 Source3:	%{name}.logrotate
 # Fix t/52-client-git.t to work with newer git versions
 Patch0:         kgb-bot-1.31-Fix-t-52-client-git.t-to-work-with-newer-git-version.patch
+Patch1:         kgb-bot-1.31-Remove-deprecated-pragma-encoding.patch
 AutoReq:	0
 BuildRequires:  coreutils
 BuildRequires:  perl
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ This package adds support of Git version control system to kgb-client.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n App-KGB-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %pre
 getent group Fedora-kgb >/dev/null || groupadd -r Fedora-kgb
@@ -280,6 +282,9 @@ LANG=en_US.utf8 LC_ALL=en_US.utf8
 %{perl_vendorlib}/App/KGB/Client/Git.pm
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 25 2017 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 1.31-12
+- Remove deprecated pragma encoding
+
 * Fri Feb 10 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.31-11
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild