1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ipalib/rpc.py b/ipalib/rpc.py
index 921f5cb4b..fb739f8f4 100644
--- a/ipalib/rpc.py
+++ b/ipalib/rpc.py
@@ -1101,7 +1101,8 @@ class JSONServerProxy(object):
         )
 
         try:
-            response = json_decode_binary(json.loads(response.decode('ascii')))
+            response = json_decode_binary(
+                json.loads(response.decode('utf-8')))
         except ValueError as e:
             raise JSONError(error=str(e))