diff --git a/config/jail.conf b/config/jail.conf
index e056ea3c..2b9e9eaf 100644
--- a/config/jail.conf
+++ b/config/jail.conf
@@ -792,4 +792,5 @@ findtime     = 1
 enabled  = true
 filter   = screensharingd
 logpath  = %(system_log)s
+logencoding=utf-8
 maxretry = 4