diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7d35ea1a06..4ec7a3cb82 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ ifneq ($(wildcard config-host.mak),)
 all:
 include config-host.mak
 
+PYTHON_UTF8 = LC_ALL= LANG=C LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 $(PYTHON)
+
 git-submodule-update:
 
 .PHONY: git-submodule-update
@@ -487,17 +489,17 @@ qapi-py = $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi.py $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/ordereddict.py
 
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.c qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-types.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py \
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON_UTF8) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" $<, \
 		"GEN","$@")
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.c qga/qapi-generated/qga-qapi-visit.h :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py \
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON_UTF8) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" $<, \
 		"GEN","$@")
 qga/qapi-generated/qga-qmp-commands.h qga/qapi-generated/qga-qmp-marshal.c :\
 $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py \
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON_UTF8) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o qga/qapi-generated -p "qga-" $<, \
 		"GEN","$@")
 
@@ -518,27 +520,27 @@ qapi-modules = $(SRC_PATH)/qapi-schema.json $(SRC_PATH)/qapi/common.json \
 
 qapi-types.c qapi-types.h :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py \
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON_UTF8) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-types.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." -b $<, \
 		"GEN","$@")
 qapi-visit.c qapi-visit.h :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py \
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON_UTF8) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-visit.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." -b $<, \
 		"GEN","$@")
 qapi-event.c qapi-event.h :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py \
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON_UTF8) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-event.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." $<, \
 		"GEN","$@")
 qmp-commands.h qmp-marshal.c :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py \
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON_UTF8) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-commands.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." $<, \
 		"GEN","$@")
 qmp-introspect.h qmp-introspect.c :\
 $(qapi-modules) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-introspect.py $(qapi-py)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-introspect.py \
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON_UTF8) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi-introspect.py \
 		$(gen-out-type) -o "." $<, \
 		"GEN","$@")
 
@@ -811,10 +813,10 @@ qemu-img-cmds.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
 docs/interop/qemu-qmp-qapi.texi docs/interop/qemu-ga-qapi.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi2texi.py $(qapi-py)
 
 docs/interop/qemu-qmp-qapi.texi: $(qapi-modules)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi2texi.py $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON_UTF8) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi2texi.py $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 docs/interop/qemu-ga-qapi.texi: $(SRC_PATH)/qga/qapi-schema.json
-	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi2texi.py $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(PYTHON_UTF8) $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/qapi2texi.py $< > $@,"GEN","$@")
 
 qemu.1: qemu-doc.texi qemu-options.texi qemu-monitor.texi qemu-monitor-info.texi
 qemu.1: qemu-option-trace.texi