diff --git a/src/output.rs b/src/output.rs
index 4613f62b49..4e07a18a75 100644
--- a/src/output.rs
+++ b/src/output.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ impl OutputType {
         }
         Command::new("less")
             .args(&args)
+            .env("LESSCHARSET", "UTF-8")
             .stdin(Stdio::piped())
             .spawn()
             .map(OutputType::Pager)