1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/nix-channel.in b/scripts/nix-channel.in
index 407f27490410..e45b913382a7 100755
--- a/scripts/nix-channel.in
+++ b/scripts/nix-channel.in
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #! @perl@ -w @perlFlags@
 
+use utf8;
 use strict;
 use File::Basename;
 use File::Path qw(mkpath);
 use Nix::Config;
 use Nix::Manifest;
 
+binmode STDERR, ":encoding(utf8)";
+
 Nix::Config::readConfig;
 
 my $manifestDir = $Nix::Config::manifestDir;