diff --git a/nmt/utils/misc_utils.py b/nmt/utils/misc_utils.py
index 47ea9631e..8d91f6b9a 100644
--- a/nmt/utils/misc_utils.py
+++ b/nmt/utils/misc_utils.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import time
+import locale
+sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter(locale.getpreferredencoding())(sys.stdout)
 
 import numpy as np
 import tensorflow as tf