diff --git a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
index 007964e6d5..7054f58022 100644
--- a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
+++ b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 		<li>[Fix] Fix unicode words wrong censoring. (Bug #16555 - Patch by rxu)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Display coloured usernames in ACP groups management screens</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Correct the width value for poll_center.gif omitted in imageset.cfg for subsilver2. (Bug #43005 - Patch by rxu)</li>
+		<li>[Fix] Correctly load complex language variable using acp_language (Bug #45735 - Patch by leviatan21)</li>
 		<li>[Change] Change the data format of the default file ACM to be more secure from tampering and have better performance.</li>
 		<li>[Change] Add index on log_time to the log table to prevent slowdown on boards with many log entries. (Bug #44665 - Patch by bantu)</li>
 		<li>[Change] Template engine now permits to a limited extent variable includes.</li>
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_language.php b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_language.php
index 71970b4b50..3eee702b1d 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_language.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_language.php
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 		$keys = func_get_args();
 
 		$non_static		= array_shift($keys);
-		$value			= array_shift($keys);
+		$value			= utf8_normalize_nfc(array_shift($keys));
 
 		if (!$non_static)
 		{