diff --git a/sqlmap.py b/sqlmap.py
index 0cc1d05ab..59345443e 100755
--- a/sqlmap.py
+++ b/sqlmap.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ with sqlmap; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51
 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 """
 
+import codecs
+import locale
 import os
 import sys
 import time
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ import warnings
 
 warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", message=".*was already imported", category=UserWarning)
 
+sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter(locale.getpreferredencoding())(sys.stdout)
+
 try:
     import psyco
     psyco.full()