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diff --git a/pym/portage/util.py b/pym/portage/util.py
index 036191040..6f11934e8 100644
--- a/pym/portage/util.py
+++ b/pym/portage/util.py
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ def writemsg(mystr,noiselevel=0,fd=None):
if noiselevel <= noiselimit:
if sys.hexversion < 0x3000000:
# avoid potential UnicodeEncodeError
- mystr = _unicode_encode(mystr)
+ mystr = _unicode_encode(mystr,
+ encoding=_encodings['stdio'], errors='backslashreplace')
fd.write(mystr)
fd.flush()