diff --git a/src/WinSW.Core/Native/ConsoleApis.cs b/src/WinSW.Core/Native/ConsoleApis.cs
index 0e0e8c5..ea4656c 100644
--- a/src/WinSW.Core/Native/ConsoleApis.cs
+++ b/src/WinSW.Core/Native/ConsoleApis.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ namespace WinSW.Native
     {
         internal const int ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS = -1;
 
+        internal const uint CP_UTF8 = 65001;
+
         [DllImport(Libraries.Kernel32, SetLastError = true)]
         internal static extern bool AttachConsole(int processId);
 
@@ -20,6 +22,9 @@ namespace WinSW.Native
         [DllImport(Libraries.Kernel32)]
         internal static extern bool SetConsoleCtrlHandler(ConsoleCtrlHandlerRoutine? handlerRoutine, bool add);
 
+        [DllImport(Libraries.Kernel32)]
+        internal static extern bool SetConsoleOutputCP(uint codePageID);
+
         internal delegate bool ConsoleCtrlHandlerRoutine(CtrlEvents ctrlType);
 
         internal enum CtrlEvents : uint
diff --git a/src/WinSW.Core/Util/ProcessHelper.cs b/src/WinSW.Core/Util/ProcessHelper.cs
index 66e58c7..97efd67 100644
--- a/src/WinSW.Core/Util/ProcessHelper.cs
+++ b/src/WinSW.Core/Util/ProcessHelper.cs
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ namespace WinSW.Util
 
             bool succeeded = SetConsoleCtrlHandler(null, false); // inherited
             Debug.Assert(succeeded);
+            succeeded = ConsoleApis.SetConsoleOutputCP(ConsoleApis.CP_UTF8);
+            Debug.Assert(succeeded);
 
             try
             {