diff --git a/libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php b/libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php
index 01e728bbb4fb4..ecfa280fec9ce 100644
--- a/libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php
+++ b/libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ public static function makeSafe($file)
 		// Remove any trailing dots, as those aren't ever valid file names.
 		$file = rtrim($file, '.');
 
+		// Try transiterating the file name using the native php function
+		if (function_exists('transliterator_transliterate') && function_exists('iconv'))
+		{
+			// Using iconv to ignore characters that can't be transliterated
+			$file = iconv("UTF-8", "ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE", transliterator_transliterate('Any-Latin; Latin-ASCII; Lower()', $file));
+		}
+
 		$regex = array('#(\.){2,}#', '#[^A-Za-z0-9\.\_\- ]#', '#^\.#');
 
 		return trim(preg_replace($regex, '', $file));