diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b911c694..73484f9f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ v0.8.13
 	+ Display 407 numerics other than "duplicate channel".
 	+ Fix display of ratbox-style operspy whois.
 	+ Recode outgoing irc away messages (bug #412).
+	+ Recode outgoing irc quit messages.
 	+ Remove scrollback_levelclear_levels setting and add a 'level' option
 	  to 'sb levelclear' to specify a comma separated list of levels.
 	+ Add perl __WARN__ handler for scripts (bug #427).
diff --git a/src/irc/core/irc-servers.c b/src/irc/core/irc-servers.c
index c1b74274..ebfac1e8 100644
--- a/src/irc/core/irc-servers.c
+++ b/src/irc/core/irc-servers.c
@@ -336,14 +336,17 @@ static void sig_disconnected(IRC_SERVER_REC *server)
 static void sig_server_quit(IRC_SERVER_REC *server, const char *msg)
 {
 	char *str;
+	char *recoded;
 
 	if (!IS_IRC_SERVER(server) || server->handle == NULL ||
 	    server->handle->readbuffer == NULL)
 		return;
 
-	str = g_strdup_printf("QUIT :%s", msg);
+	recoded = recode_out(SERVER(server), msg, NULL);
+	str = g_strdup_printf("QUIT :%s", recoded);
 	irc_send_cmd_now(server, str);
 	g_free(str);
+	g_free(recoded);
 }
 
 void irc_server_send_action(IRC_SERVER_REC *server, const char *target, const char *data)