diff --git a/src/winetricks b/src/winetricks
index 99fcdaa9c..5c37219a2 100755
--- a/src/winetricks
+++ b/src/winetricks
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ w_pathconv()
 # Expand an environment variable and print it to stdout
 w_expand_env()
 {
-    winetricks_early_wine_arch cmd.exe /c echo "%$1%"
+    winetricks_early_wine_arch cmd.exe /c "chcp 65001 > nul && echo %$1%"
 }
 
 # Determine what architecture a binary file is built for, silently continue in case of failure.