Select utf8 data from federated table

[Aida Jamak]

I have a federated and master table:

CREATE TABLE `federated_table` (
...
`something` varchar(30) NOT NULL,
...
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=FEDERATED DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin
CONNECTION='mysql://user:pass@hostname/db/master_table';

CREATE TABLE `master_table` (
...
`something` varchar(30) NOT NULL,
...
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISam DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin;

When I do a select on a master table, records in column `something`, that contain 'š' and 'ž' are returned OK (whole records).

But, when I do the same select on a federated table, records in `something` are truncated before 'š' and 'ž'. If those characters are in the middle of the word, it is possible to guess what is the content, but if they are the first characters, then empty string is returned.

Show variables like 'char%' gives the same results on both hosts.

Is this a bug in federated engine? Does it work OK with utf8?

Please, help me out, I really need this!