diff --git a/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-gist-logs.rb b/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-gist-logs.rb
index fe71865f3c..d36567f3e8 100755
--- a/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-gist-logs.rb
+++ b/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-gist-logs.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,14 @@ def post path, data
   request.body = Utils::JSON.dump(data)
   response = http.request(request)
   raise HTTP_Error, response if response.code != '201'
-  Utils::JSON.load(response.body)
+
+  if response["Content-Type"].downcase == "application/json; charset=utf-8"
+    body = response.body.dup.force_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8)
+  else
+    body = response.body.encode(Encoding::UTF_8, undef: :replace)
+  end
+
+  Utils::JSON.load(body)
 end
 
 class HTTP_Error < RuntimeError