1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake b/bitbake/bin/bitbake
index bba87b082c..9813a08483 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # ex:ts=4:sw=4:sts=4:et
 # -*- tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
 #
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ except RuntimeError as exc:
 from bb import cookerdata
 from bb.main import bitbake_main, BitBakeConfigParameters, BBMainException
 
+if sys.getfilesystemencoding() != "utf-8":
+    sys.exit("Please use a locale setting which supports utf-8.\nPython can't change the filesystem locale after loading so we need a utf-8 when python starts or things won't work.")
+
 __version__ = "1.31.0"
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":