diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_import_vcard.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_import_vcard.inc.php
index 38fb8af6bb..69768c9bfb 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_import_vcard.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_import_vcard.inc.php
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ class addressbook_import_vcard implements importexport_iface_import_plugin  {
 		// fetch the addressbook bo
 		$this->bocontacts = new addressbook_vcal();
 
+		$charset = $_definition->plugin_options['charset'];
+
 		// Start counting successes
 		$this->current = 0;
 		$count = 0;
diff --git a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_wizard_import_vcard.inc.php b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_wizard_import_vcard.inc.php
index 5c9ca22b87..8f1791f376 100644
--- a/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_wizard_import_vcard.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/inc/class.addressbook_wizard_import_vcard.inc.php
@@ -20,11 +20,57 @@ class addressbook_wizard_import_vcard extends addressbook_import_vcard
 	{
 
 		$this->steps = array(
+			'wizard_step40' => lang('Choose charset'),
 			'wizard_step60' => lang('Choose owner of imported data'),
 		);
 
 	}
 
+	function wizard_step40(&$content, &$sel_options, &$readonlys, &$preserv)
+        {
+                if($this->debug) error_log(get_class($this) . '::wizard_step40->$content '.print_r($content,true));
+                // return from step40
+                if ($content['step'] == 'wizard_step40')
+		{
+			switch (array_search('pressed', $content['button']))
+			{
+				case 'next':
+					return $GLOBALS['egw']->importexport_definitions_ui->get_step($content['step'],1);
+				case 'previous' :
+					return $GLOBALS['egw']->importexport_definitions_ui->get_step($content['step'],-1);
+				case 'finish':
+					return 'wizard_finish';
+				default :
+					return $this->wizard_step60($content,$sel_options,$readonlys,$preserv);
+			}
+		}
+		// init step40
+		else
+		{
+			$content['msg'] = $this->steps['wizard_step40'];
+			$content['step'] = 'wizard_step40';
+			if(!$content['charset'] && $content['plugin_options']['charset']) {
+                                $content['charset'] = $content['plugin_options']['charset'];
+                        }
+			$sel_options['charset'] = $GLOBALS['egw']->translation->get_installed_charsets()+
+                        array(
+                                'user'  => lang('User preference'),
+                        );
+
+			// Add in extra allowed charsets
+                        $config = config::read('importexport');
+                        $extra_charsets = array_intersect(explode(',',$config['import_charsets']), mb_list_encodings());
+                        if($extra_charsets)
+                        {
+                                $sel_options['charset'] += array(lang('Extra encodings') => array_combine($extra_charsets,$extra_charsets));
+                        }
+
+			$preserv = $content;
+			unset ($preserv['button']);
+			return 'addressbook.importexport_wizard_vcard_charset';
+		}
+	}
+
 	function wizard_step60(&$content, &$sel_options, &$readonlys, &$preserv)
 	{
 		if($this->debug) error_log(__METHOD__.print_r($content,true));
diff --git a/addressbook/setup/etemplates.inc.php b/addressbook/setup/etemplates.inc.php
index bdd446506b..522de11824 100755
--- a/addressbook/setup/etemplates.inc.php
+++ b/addressbook/setup/etemplates.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /**
  * EGroupware - eTemplates for Application addressbook
  * http://www.egroupware.org
- * generated by soetemplate::dump4setup() 2012-09-25 11:00
+ * generated by soetemplate::dump4setup() 2012-10-01 11:46
  *
  * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL - GNU General Public License
  * @package addressbook
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ $templ_data[] = array('name' => 'addressbook.export_explode_fields','template' =
 
 $templ_data[] = array('name' => 'addressbook.importexport_wizard_chooseowner','template' => '','lang' => '','group' => '0','version' => '1.9.001','data' => 'a:1:{i:0;a:4:{s:4:"type";s:4:"grid";s:4:"data";a:6:{i:0;a:1:{s:2:"h2";s:14:",@no_owner_map";}i:1;a:1:{s:1:"A";a:3:{s:4:"type";s:5:"label";s:4:"name";s:3:"msg";s:7:"no_lang";s:1:"1";}}i:2;a:1:{s:1:"A";a:3:{s:4:"type";s:8:"checkbox";s:5:"label";s:30:"Use field from CSV if possible";s:4:"name";s:14:"owner_from_csv";}}i:3;a:1:{s:1:"A";a:2:{s:4:"type";s:6:"select";s:4:"name";s:13:"contact_owner";}}i:4;a:1:{s:1:"A";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:5:"label";}}i:5;a:1:{s:1:"A";a:3:{s:4:"type";s:11:"select-bool";s:5:"label";s:32:"Change addressbook when updating";s:4:"name";s:12:"change_owner";}}}s:4:"rows";i:5;s:4:"cols";i:1;}}','size' => '','style' => '','modified' => '1320351347',);
 
+$templ_data[] = array('name' => 'addressbook.importexport_wizard_vcard_charset','template' => '','lang' => '','group' => '0','version' => '1.9.001','data' => 'a:1:{i:0;a:4:{s:4:"type";s:4:"grid";s:4:"data";a:3:{i:0;a:1:{s:1:"B";s:5:"180px";}i:1;a:2:{s:1:"A";a:4:{s:4:"type";s:5:"label";s:7:"no_lang";s:1:"1";s:4:"name";s:3:"msg";s:4:"span";s:3:"all";}s:1:"B";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:5:"label";}}i:2;a:2:{s:1:"A";a:2:{s:4:"type";s:5:"label";s:5:"label";s:15:"Charset of file";}s:1:"B";a:4:{s:4:"type";s:6:"select";s:7:"no_lang";s:1:"1";s:4:"name";s:7:"charset";s:4:"span";s:9:",width180";}}}s:4:"rows";i:2;s:4:"cols";i:2;}}','size' => '','style' => '.width180 select { width:150px;}','modified' => '1349113607',);
+
 $templ_data[] = array('name' => 'addressbook.importexport_wizard_vcard_chooseowner','template' => '','lang' => '','group' => '0','version' => '1.9.001','data' => 'a:1:{i:0;a:4:{s:4:"type";s:4:"grid";s:4:"data";a:4:{i:0;a:0:{}i:1;a:1:{s:1:"A";a:3:{s:4:"type";s:5:"label";s:4:"name";s:3:"msg";s:7:"no_lang";s:1:"1";}}i:2;a:1:{s:1:"A";a:2:{s:4:"type";s:6:"select";s:4:"name";s:13:"contact_owner";}}i:3;a:1:{s:1:"A";a:1:{s:4:"type";s:5:"label";}}}s:4:"rows";i:3;s:4:"cols";i:1;}}','size' => '','style' => '','modified' => '1347980440',);
 
 $templ_data[] = array('name' => 'addressbook.importexport_wizzard_chooseowner','template' => '','lang' => '','group' => '0','version' => '0.0.1','data' => 'a:1:{i:0;a:4:{s:4:"type";s:4:"grid";s:4:"data";a:3:{i:0;a:0:{}i:1;a:1:{s:1:"A";a:3:{s:4:"type";s:5:"label";s:4:"name";s:3:"msg";s:7:"no_lang";s:1:"1";}}i:2;a:1:{s:1:"A";a:3:{s:4:"type";s:6:"select";s:4:"name";s:13:"contact_owner";s:4:"size";s:4:"None";}}}s:4:"rows";i:2;s:4:"cols";i:1;}}','size' => '','style' => '','modified' => '1146646360',);
diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/importexport_wizard_vcard_charset.xet b/addressbook/templates/default/importexport_wizard_vcard_charset.xet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c46ae5d26c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/importexport_wizard_vcard_charset.xet
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!-- $Id$ -->
+<overlay>
+	<template id="addressbook.importexport_wizard_vcard_charset" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.9.001">
+		<grid>
+			<columns>
+				<column/>
+				<column width="180px"/>
+			</columns>
+			<rows>
+				<row>
+					<description id="msg" no_lang="1" span="all"/>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+					<description value="Charset of file"/>
+					<menulist class="width180">
+						<menupopup id="charset" no_lang="1"/>
+					</menulist>
+				</row>
+			</rows>
+		</grid>
+		<styles>
+			.width180 select { width:150px;}
+		</styles>
+	</template>
+</overlay>
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