diff --git a/debian/patches/20_chech_nt_fix_encoding b/debian/patches/20_chech_nt_fix_encoding
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f730df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/20_chech_nt_fix_encoding
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From b2659391aba7e4a79b678aba5cc21b443626f81f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Lorenz=20K=C3=A4stle?= <lorenz.kaestle@netways.de>
+Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:13:51 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] check_nt: change encoding from latin1 to utf8
+
+---
+ plugins/check_nt.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/plugins/check_nt.c b/plugins/check_nt.c
+index 59c135dba..babe3b642 100644
+--- a/plugins/check_nt.c
++++ b/plugins/check_nt.c
+@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
+ 
+ 		2) If the counter you're going to measure is percent-based, the code will detect
+ 		 the percent sign in its name and will attribute minimum (0%) and maximum (100%)
+-		 values automagically, as well the ¨%" sign to graph units.
++		 values automagically, as well the ¨%" sign to graph units.
+ 
+ 		3) OTOH, if the counter is "absolute", you'll have to provide the following
+ 		 the counter unit - that is, the dimensions of the counter you're getting. Examples:
+
+From fcf68d702e590bd3e58fb7556f420330ddf0a0ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lorenz <12514511+RincewindsHat@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:42:30 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update plugins/check_nt.c
+
+Co-authored-by: datamuc <m@rbfh.de>
+---
+ plugins/check_nt.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/plugins/check_nt.c b/plugins/check_nt.c
+index babe3b642..d73d83cea 100644
+--- a/plugins/check_nt.c
++++ b/plugins/check_nt.c
+@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
+ 
+ 		2) If the counter you're going to measure is percent-based, the code will detect
+ 		 the percent sign in its name and will attribute minimum (0%) and maximum (100%)
+-		 values automagically, as well the ¨%" sign to graph units.
++		 values automagically, as well the "%" sign to graph units.
+ 
+ 		3) OTOH, if the counter is "absolute", you'll have to provide the following
+ 		 the counter unit - that is, the dimensions of the counter you're getting. Examples:
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 1f0cd27..ff76318 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 17_fix_exit_codes
 18_check_mysql_fix_typo
 19_check_nwstat_fix_typ
+20_chech_nt_fix_encoding
 # feature patches
 30_check_radius_radcli_1.3.1_support
 31_checl_mailq_separate_submission_queue