diff --git a/src/djlint/__init__.py b/src/djlint/__init__.py
index 6b4ab1e..8c27808 100644
--- a/src/djlint/__init__.py
+++ b/src/djlint/__init__.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def main(
     temp_file = None
 
     if "-" in src:
-        stdin_stream = click.get_text_stream("stdin")
+        stdin_stream = click.get_text_stream("stdin", encoding="utf8")
         stdin_text = stdin_stream.read()
 
         temp_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
diff --git a/tests/test_djlint/test_djlint.py b/tests/test_djlint/test_djlint.py
index cdc0b77..4de05b9 100644
--- a/tests/test_djlint/test_djlint.py
+++ b/tests/test_djlint/test_djlint.py
@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ def test_stdin(runner: CliRunner) -> None:
     assert result.output == "<div></div>\n"
 
 
+def test_stdin_non_ascii(runner: CliRunner) -> None:
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, ["-", "--reformat"], input="必須")
+    assert result.output == "必須\n"
+
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, ["-", "--reformat"], input="Вход")
+    assert result.output == "Вход\n"
+
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, ["-", "--reformat"], input="çéâêîôûàèìòùëïü")
+    assert result.output == "çéâêîôûàèìòùëïü\n"
+
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, ["-", "--reformat"], input="😀😂🤣😆🥰")
+    assert result.output == "😀😂🤣😆🥰\n"
+
+
 def test_check(runner: CliRunner, tmp_file: TextIO) -> None:
     write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b"<div></div>")
     result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name, "--check"])