diff --git a/src/debug.cpp b/src/debug.cpp
index 418598d5d0..2ac1dcc69c 100644
--- a/src/debug.cpp
+++ b/src/debug.cpp
@@ -128,13 +128,7 @@ void DebugPrint(const char *level, const std::string &message)
 #endif
 	} else {
 		std::string msg = fmt::format("{}dbg: [{}] {}\n", GetLogPrefix(), level, message);
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-		wchar_t system_buf[512];
-		convert_to_fs(msg.c_str(), system_buf, lengthof(system_buf));
-		fputws(system_buf, stderr);
-#else
 		fputs(msg.c_str(), stderr);
-#endif
 
 		NetworkAdminConsole(level, message);
 		if (_settings_client.gui.developer >= 2) IConsolePrint(CC_DEBUG, "dbg: [{}] {}", level, message);
diff --git a/src/os/windows/win32.cpp b/src/os/windows/win32.cpp
index 938aee5f9f..6b612ac404 100644
--- a/src/os/windows/win32.cpp
+++ b/src/os/windows/win32.cpp
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLi
 	 * be available between subsequent calls to FS2OTTD(). */
 	char *cmdline = stredup(FS2OTTD(GetCommandLine()).c_str());
 
+	/* Set the console codepage to UTF-8. */
+	SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
+
 #if defined(_DEBUG)
 	CreateConsole();
 #endif