diff --git a/Source/Revit.IFC.Export/Exporter/Exporter.cs b/Source/Revit.IFC.Export/Exporter/Exporter.cs
index 770eee29..1d399b97 100644
--- a/Source/Revit.IFC.Export/Exporter/Exporter.cs
+++ b/Source/Revit.IFC.Export/Exporter/Exporter.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 using Autodesk.Revit.DB.ExternalService;
 using Revit.IFC.Export.Properties;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+
 using Autodesk.Revit.DB.Steel;
 
 namespace Revit.IFC.Export.Exporter
@@ -96,6 +99,14 @@ private void OnApplicationInitialized(object sender, EventArgs eventArgs)
    /// </summary>
    public class Exporter : IExporterIFC
    {
+      [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
+      private static extern int GetShortPathName(
+         [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]
+         string path,
+         [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]
+         StringBuilder shortPath,
+         int shortPathLength);
+
       RevitStatusBar statusBar = null;
 
       // Used for debugging tool "WriteIFCExportedElements"
@@ -983,6 +994,9 @@ private string LocateSchemaFile(string schemaFileName)
 #if IFC_OPENSOURCE
          // Find the alternate schema file from the open source install folder
          filePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetCallingAssembly().Location), schemaFileName);
+         // If the path contains accented characters, the schema loading will fail, so let's
+         // try to get the short path form of the specified path.
+         filePath = TryGetShortPathName(filePath);
          if (!File.Exists(filePath))
 #endif
          {
@@ -991,6 +1005,28 @@ private string LocateSchemaFile(string schemaFileName)
          return filePath;
       }
 
+      private static string TryGetShortPathName(string filePath)
+      {
+         try
+         {
+            var shortPathBuilder = new StringBuilder(255);
+            if (GetShortPathName(filePath, shortPathBuilder, shortPathBuilder.Capacity) != 0)
+            {
+               var shortPath = shortPathBuilder.ToString();
+               if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(shortPath))
+               {
+                  return shortPath;
+               }
+            }
+
+            return filePath;
+         }
+         catch (Exception)
+         {
+            return filePath;
+         }
+      }
+
       /// <summary>
       /// Sets the lists of property sets to be exported.  This can be overriden.
       /// </summary>