3 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/coverage/misc.py b/coverage/misc.py
index 36e4fe9c..db6298b6 100644
--- a/coverage/misc.py
+++ b/coverage/misc.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 import errno
 import hashlib
 import inspect
+import locale
 import os
+import sys
 import types
 
 from coverage import env
@@ -149,6 +151,18 @@ def file_be_gone(path):
             raise
 
 
+def output_encoding(outfile=None):
+    """Determine the encoding to use for output written to `outfile` or stdout."""
+    if outfile is None:
+        outfile = sys.stdout
+    encoding = (
+        getattr(outfile, "encoding", None) or
+        getattr(sys.__stdout__, "encoding", None) or
+        locale.getpreferredencoding()
+    )
+    return encoding
+
+
 class Hasher(object):
     """Hashes Python data into md5."""
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/coverage/python.py b/coverage/python.py
index a4247ce6..4f589735 100644
--- a/coverage/python.py
+++ b/coverage/python.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 """Python source expertise for coverage.py"""
 
 import os.path
-import sys
 import zipimport
 
 from coverage import env, files
diff --git a/coverage/summary.py b/coverage/summary.py
index f797e306..5ddbb380 100644
--- a/coverage/summary.py
+++ b/coverage/summary.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 from coverage import env
 from coverage.report import Reporter
 from coverage.results import Numbers
-from coverage.misc import NotPython, CoverageException
+from coverage.misc import NotPython, CoverageException, output_encoding
 
 
 class SummaryReporter(Reporter):
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ class SummaryReporter(Reporter):
             outfile = sys.stdout
 
         if env.PY2:
-            encoding = getattr(outfile, "encoding", None) or sys.getfilesystemencoding()
-            writeout = lambda u: outfile.write(u.encode(encoding))
+            writeout = lambda u: outfile.write(u.encode(output_encoding()))
         else:
             writeout = outfile.write