diff --git a/Core/Dialog/PSPOskDialog.cpp b/Core/Dialog/PSPOskDialog.cpp
index bf75a483bb..e0864e1c86 100755
--- a/Core/Dialog/PSPOskDialog.cpp
+++ b/Core/Dialog/PSPOskDialog.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,32 @@ void PSPOskDialog::ConvertUCS2ToUTF8(std::string& _string, const PSPPointer<u16_
 	_string = stringBuffer;
 }
 
+void GetWideStringFromPSPPointer(std::wstring& _string, const PSPPointer<u16_le> em_address)
+{
+	if (!em_address.IsValid())
+	{
+		_string = L"";
+		return;
+	}
+	const size_t maxLength = 2048;
+
+	wchar_t stringBuffer[maxLength];
+	wchar_t *string = stringBuffer;
+
+	auto input = em_address;
+	int c;
+	u32 count = 0;
+	while ((c = *input++) != 0)
+	{
+		if ( !(++count >= maxLength) )
+			*string++ = c;
+		else
+			break;
+	}
+	*string++ = '\0';
+	_string = stringBuffer;
+}
+
 void PSPOskDialog::ConvertUCS2ToUTF8(std::string& _string, const wchar_t *input)
 {
 	char stringBuffer[2048];
@@ -742,7 +768,7 @@ void PSPOskDialog::RenderKeyboard()
 // TODO: Use a wstring to allow Japanese/Russian/etc.. on _WIN32(others?)
 int PSPOskDialog::NativeKeyboard()
 {
-	char *input = new char[FieldMaxLength()];
+	wchar_t *input = new wchar_t[FieldMaxLength()];
 	memset(input, 0, sizeof(input));
 
 	if (status == SCE_UTILITY_STATUS_INITIALIZE)
@@ -752,37 +778,35 @@ int PSPOskDialog::NativeKeyboard()
 
 	else if (status == SCE_UTILITY_STATUS_RUNNING)
 	{
-		
-		std::string initial_text;
-		ConvertUCS2ToUTF8(initial_text, oskParams->fields[0].intext);
+		std::wstring titleText;
+		GetWideStringFromPSPPointer(titleText, oskParams->fields[0].desc);
 
-		const size_t defaultText_len = 512;
-		char defaultText[defaultText_len];
+		std::wstring defaultText;
+		GetWideStringFromPSPPointer(defaultText, oskParams->fields[0].intext);
 
-		memset(defaultText, 0, sizeof(defaultText));
+		if(defaultText.length() <= 0)
+			defaultText.assign(L"VALUE");
 
-		if(initial_text.length() < defaultText_len)
-			strncat(defaultText, initial_text.c_str(), strlen(initial_text.c_str()));
-		else {
-			ERROR_LOG(HLE, "NativeKeyboard: initial text length is too long");
-			strncat(defaultText, "VALUE", strlen("VALUE"));
+		std::wstring inputWide;
+
+		if(!host->InputBoxGetWString(titleText.c_str(), defaultText, inputWide)) 
+		{
+			wcsncat(input, L"", wcslen(L""));
 		}
+		else 
+		{
+			size_t maxInputLength = FieldMaxLength();
 
-		char windowTitle[defaultText_len];
-		memset(windowTitle, 0, sizeof(windowTitle));
-
-		std::string description_text;
-		ConvertUCS2ToUTF8(description_text, oskParams->fields[0].desc);
-
-		if(description_text.length() < defaultText_len)
-			strncat(windowTitle, description_text.c_str(), strlen(description_text.c_str()));
-
-		size_t maxInputLength = FieldMaxLength();
-
-		if(host->InputBoxGetString(windowTitle, defaultText, input, maxInputLength)) {
-			strncat(input, "", strlen(""));
+			if(inputWide.length() < maxInputLength)
+			{
+				wcsncat(input, inputWide.c_str(), inputWide.length());
+			}
+			else 
+			{
+				ERROR_LOG(HLE, "NativeKeyboard: input text too long(%d characters/glyphs max), truncating to game-requested length.", maxInputLength);
+				wcsncat(input, inputWide.c_str(), maxInputLength);
+			}
 		}
-
 		status = SCE_UTILITY_STATUS_FINISHED;
 	}
 	else if (status == SCE_UTILITY_STATUS_FINISHED)
diff --git a/Core/Host.h b/Core/Host.h
index 457bd782c2..f13f378a5a 100644
--- a/Core/Host.h
+++ b/Core/Host.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public:
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	// Implement this on your platform to grab text input from the user for whatever purpose.
 	virtual bool InputBoxGetString(char *title, const char *defaultValue, char *outValue, size_t outlength) { return false; }
+	virtual bool InputBoxGetWString(const wchar_t *title, const std::wstring &defaultvalue, std::wstring &outvalue) { return false; }
 #endif
 
 	// Used for headless.
diff --git a/Windows/InputBox.cpp b/Windows/InputBox.cpp
index 9f7d0b9459..7d24b4f2b4 100644
--- a/Windows/InputBox.cpp
+++ b/Windows/InputBox.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,28 @@ bool InputBox_GetString(HINSTANCE hInst, HWND hParent, const wchar_t *title, con
 		return false;
 }
 
+bool InputBox_GetWString(HINSTANCE hInst, HWND hParent, const wchar_t *title, const std::wstring &defaultValue, std::wstring &outvalue)
+{
+	const wchar_t *defaultTitle = L"Input value";
+	defaultSelected = true;
+
+	textBoxContents = defaultValue;
+
+	if (title && wcslen(title) <= 0)
+		windowTitle = defaultTitle;
+	else if (title && wcslen(title) < 255)
+		windowTitle = title;
+	else
+		windowTitle = defaultTitle;
+
+	if (IDOK == DialogBox(hInst, (LPCWSTR)IDD_INPUTBOX, hParent, InputBoxFunc)) {
+		outvalue = out;
+		return true;
+	}
+	else 
+		return false;
+}
+
 bool InputBox_GetHex(HINSTANCE hInst, HWND hParent, const wchar_t *title, u32 defaultvalue, u32 &outvalue)
 {
 	wchar_t temp[256];
diff --git a/Windows/InputBox.h b/Windows/InputBox.h
index 673ffe3c65..fdfc1ebd6b 100644
--- a/Windows/InputBox.h
+++ b/Windows/InputBox.h
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
 // All I/O is in UTF-8
 bool InputBox_GetString(HINSTANCE hInst, HWND hParent, const wchar_t *title, const std::string &defaultvalue, std::string &outvalue, bool selected);
 bool InputBox_GetString(HINSTANCE hInst, HWND hParent, const wchar_t *title, const std::string &defaultvalue, std::string &outvalue);
+bool InputBox_GetWString(HINSTANCE hInst, HWND hParent, const wchar_t *title, const std::wstring &defaultvalue, std::wstring &outvalue);
 bool InputBox_GetHex(HINSTANCE hInst, HWND hParent, const wchar_t *title, u32 defaultvalue, u32 &outvalue);
diff --git a/Windows/WindowsHost.cpp b/Windows/WindowsHost.cpp
index 1baac21b85..76acb3a272 100644
--- a/Windows/WindowsHost.cpp
+++ b/Windows/WindowsHost.cpp
@@ -309,6 +309,15 @@ bool WindowsHost::InputBoxGetString(char *title, const char *defaultValue, char
 	}
 }
 
+bool WindowsHost::InputBoxGetWString(const wchar_t *title, const std::wstring &defaultvalue, std::wstring &outvalue)
+{
+	if (InputBox_GetWString(MainWindow::GetHInstance(), MainWindow::GetHWND(), title, defaultvalue, outvalue)) {
+		return true;
+	} else {
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
 
 // http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa969393.aspx
 HRESULT CreateLink(LPCWSTR lpszPathObj, LPCWSTR lpszArguments, LPCWSTR lpszPathLink, LPCWSTR lpszDesc) { 
diff --git a/Windows/WindowsHost.h b/Windows/WindowsHost.h
index 20b3e91dff..2c4d5c463a 100644
--- a/Windows/WindowsHost.h
+++ b/Windows/WindowsHost.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public:
 	virtual bool CreateDesktopShortcut(std::string argumentPath, std::string title);
 
 	bool InputBoxGetString(char *title, const char *defaultValue, char *outValue, size_t outlength);
-
+	bool InputBoxGetWString(const wchar_t *title, const std::wstring &defaultvalue, std::wstring &outvalue);
 	std::shared_ptr<KeyboardDevice> keyboard;
 
 private: