diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/postprocessors/pdf.py b/IPython/nbconvert/postprocessors/pdf.py
index db00144..daba66c 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/postprocessors/pdf.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/postprocessors/pdf.py
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ class PDFPostProcessor(PostProcessorBase):
         How many times pdflatex will be called.
         """)
 
-    latex_command = List(["pdflatex", "{filename}"], config=True, help="""
+    latex_command = List([u"pdflatex", u"{filename}"], config=True, help="""
         Shell command used to compile PDF.""")
 
-    bib_command = List(["bibtex", "{filename}"], config=True, help="""
+    bib_command = List([u"bibtex", u"{filename}"], config=True, help="""
         Shell command used to run bibtex.""")
 
     verbose = Bool(False, config=True, help="""
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ class PDFPostProcessor(PostProcessorBase):
             or failed (False).
         """
         command = [c.format(filename=filename) for c in command_list]
+        #In windows and python 2.x there is a bug in subprocess.Popen and
+        # unicode commands are not supported
+        if sys.platform == 'win32' and sys.version_info < (3,0):
+            #We must use cp1252 encoding for calling subprocess.Popen
+            #Note that sys.stdin.encoding and encoding.DEFAULT_ENCODING
+            # could be different (cp437 in case of dos console)
+            command = [c.encode('cp1252') for c in command]        
         times = 'time' if count == 1 else 'times'
         self.log.info("Running %s %i %s: %s", command_list[0], count, times, command)
         with open(os.devnull, 'rb') as null:
diff --git "a/IPython/nbconvert/tests/files/nb1_an\303\241lisis.ipynb" "b/IPython/nbconvert/tests/files/nb1_an\303\241lisis.ipynb"
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35524ef
--- /dev/null
+++ "b/IPython/nbconvert/tests/files/nb1_an\303\241lisis.ipynb"
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+ "metadata": {
+  "name": ""
+ },
+ "nbformat": 3,
+ "nbformat_minor": 0,
+ "worksheets": [
+  {
+   "cells": [
+    {
+     "cell_type": "code",
+     "collapsed": false,
+     "input": [],
+     "language": "python",
+     "metadata": {},
+     "outputs": []
+    }
+   ],
+   "metadata": {}
+  }
+ ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/tests/test_nbconvertapp.py b/IPython/nbconvert/tests/test_nbconvertapp.py
index 9a33a53..123a3a6 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/tests/test_nbconvertapp.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/tests/test_nbconvertapp.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- 
 """Test NbConvertApp"""
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -183,3 +184,24 @@ class TestNbConvertApp(TestsBase):
             self.call('nbconvert --log-level 0 --config="override.py"')
             assert not os.path.isfile('notebook1.py')
             assert os.path.isfile('notebook2.py')
+
+    def test_accents_in_filename(self):
+        """
+        Can notebook names include accents?
+        """
+        with self.create_temp_cwd(['nb*.ipynb']):
+            self.call('nbconvert --log-level 0 --to python nb1_*')
+            assert os.path.isfile(u'nb1_análisis.py')
+    
+    @dec.onlyif_cmds_exist('pdflatex')
+    @dec.onlyif_cmds_exist('pandoc')
+    def test_filename_spaces(self):
+        """
+        Generate PDFs if notebooks have an accent in their name?
+        """
+        with self.create_temp_cwd(['nb*.ipynb']):
+            o,e = self.call('nbconvert --log-level 0 --to latex '
+                            '"nb1_*" --post PDF '
+                            '--PDFPostProcessor.verbose=True')
+            assert os.path.isfile(u'nb1_análisis.tex')
+            assert os.path.isfile(u'nb1_análisis.pdf')