diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index bf2ca7d998..36aba6f46e 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Template for new versions:
 ## New Features
 
 ## Fixes
+- Core: Windows console will always use UTF-8 regardless of system code page settings
 
 ## Misc Improvements
 
diff --git a/library/Console-windows.cpp b/library/Console-windows.cpp
index 12a3e0c2eb..058cedebe0 100644
--- a/library/Console-windows.cpp
+++ b/library/Console-windows.cpp
@@ -474,6 +474,10 @@ bool Console::init(bool)
     HMENU  hm = GetSystemMenu(d->ConsoleWindow,false);
     DeleteMenu(hm, SC_CLOSE, MF_BYCOMMAND);
 
+    // force console code pages to utf-8
+    SetConsoleCP(CP_UTF8);
+    SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
+
     // set the screen buffer to be big enough to let us scroll text
     GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &coninfo);
     d->default_attributes = coninfo.wAttributes;