diff --git a/SystemInformer/dbgcon.c b/SystemInformer/dbgcon.c
index fb9d12907f70..ba55a05a3491 100644
--- a/SystemInformer/dbgcon.c
+++ b/SystemInformer/dbgcon.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include <procprv.h>
 #include <srvprv.h>
 #include <thrdprv.h>
+#include <io.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 typedef struct _STRING_TABLE_ENTRY
 {
@@ -85,6 +87,10 @@ VOID PhShowDebugConsole(
         _wfreopen(L"CONOUT$", L"w", stderr);
         _wfreopen(L"CONIN$", L"r", stdin);
 
+        _setmode(_fileno(stdout), _O_U8TEXT);
+        _setmode(_fileno(stderr), _O_U8TEXT);
+        _setmode(_fileno(stdin), _O_U8TEXT);
+
         SetConsoleCP(CP_UTF8);
         SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);