diff --git a/base/setup/usetup/console.c b/base/setup/usetup/console.c
index 5cbcf839be1..2097a59193c 100644
--- a/base/setup/usetup/console.c
+++ b/base/setup/usetup/console.c
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ AllocConsole(VOID)
         return FALSE;
     }
 
+    /* Default to en-US output codepage */
+    SetConsoleOutputCP(437);
+
     /* Open the keyboard */
     InitializeObjectAttributes(&ObjectAttributes,
                                &KeyboardName,