diff --git a/plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc b/plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc
index 28827ce34..bbc6a415f 100644
--- a/plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc
+++ b/plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc
@@ -630,6 +630,9 @@ NPError start_jvm_if_needed()
   // in_from_appletviewer
   in_from_appletviewer = g_io_channel_new_file (in_pipe_name,
                                                       "r", &channel_error);
+  // Setting encoding to binary so plugin does not crash when reading line in plugin_in_pipe_callback() for newer GLib versions
+  g_io_channel_set_encoding (in_from_appletviewer, NULL, &channel_error);
+
   if (!in_from_appletviewer)
     {
       if (channel_error)