diff --git a/bpython/curtsiesfrontend/coderunner.py b/bpython/curtsiesfrontend/coderunner.py
index 21fdbc18a..bb30f3f30 100644
--- a/bpython/curtsiesfrontend/coderunner.py
+++ b/bpython/curtsiesfrontend/coderunner.py
@@ -218,3 +218,8 @@ def flush(self):
 
     def isatty(self):
         return True
+        
+    @property
+    def encoding(self):
+        return 'UTF-8'
+