diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
index c3a3cac77b..08b0b61ee3 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ class Parser:
         if not m:
             return None
         _, name, email, date, tz = m.groups()
+        name = name.decode('utf-8')
         committer = '%s <%s>' % (name, email)
         tz = int(tz)
         tz = ((tz / 100) * 3600) + ((tz % 100) * 60)
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh
index dce281f911..b0d70fd339 100755
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/test-bzr.sh
@@ -358,4 +358,34 @@ test_expect_success 'strip' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'export utf-8 authors' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf bzrrepo gitrepo && LC_ALL=C && unset GIT_COMMITTER_NAME" &&
+
+	LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+	export LC_ALL
+
+	GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="Grégoire"
+	export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
+
+	bzr init bzrrepo &&
+
+	(
+	git init gitrepo &&
+	cd gitrepo &&
+	echo greg >> content &&
+	git add content &&
+	git commit -m one &&
+	git remote add bzr "bzr::../bzrrepo" &&
+	git push bzr
+	) &&
+
+	(
+	cd bzrrepo &&
+	bzr log | grep "^committer: " > ../actual
+	) &&
+
+	echo "committer: Grégoire <committer@example.com>" > expected &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_done