[options] Handle special characters in argv (Fixes #5157)

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/test_execution.py b/test/test_execution.py
index 60df187de..f31e51558 100644
--- a/test/test_execution.py
+++ b/test/test_execution.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# coding: utf-8
+
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import unittest
@@ -27,5 +29,12 @@ class TestExecution(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_main_exec(self):
         subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, 'youtube_dl/__main__.py', '--version'], cwd=rootDir, stdout=_DEV_NULL)
 
+    def test_cmdline_umlauts(self):
+        p = subprocess.Popen(
+            [sys.executable, 'youtube_dl/__main__.py', 'ä', '--version'],
+            cwd=rootDir, stdout=_DEV_NULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        _, stderr = p.communicate()
+        self.assertFalse(stderr)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()