diff --git a/tests/test-branchmap b/tests/test-branchmap
--- a/tests/test-branchmap
+++ b/tests/test-branchmap
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ echo foo > a/foo
 hg -R a ci -Am foo
 
 hgserve -R a --config web.push_ssl=False --config web.allow_push=* --encoding latin1
-hg clone http://localhost:$HGPORT1 b
+hg --encoding utf-8 clone http://localhost:$HGPORT1 b
 hg --encoding utf-8 -R b log
 echo bar >> b/foo
 hg -R b ci -m bar