1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/magic.py b/magic.py
index a97e929..5df5156 100644
--- a/magic.py
+++ b/magic.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def coerce_filename(filename):
                   (sys.version_info[0] >= 3 and
                    isinstance(filename, str))
     if is_unicode:
-        return filename.encode('utf-8')
+        return filename.encode('utf-8', 'surrogateescape')
     else:
         return filename