diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index a9f39d5..dc2ad9d 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -6108,7 +6108,9 @@
 			-type=>"text/plain", -charset => "utf-8",
 			-status=> "200 OK");
 		local $| = 1; # output autoflush
-		print while <$fd>;
+		while (my $line = <$fd>) {
+			print to_utf8($line);
+		}
 		close $fd
 			or print "ERROR $!\n";