diff --git a/bin/console-codepage.spec.ts b/bin/console-codepage.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a1e10f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/console-codepage.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import { ensureUtf8Codepage, SpawnSync } from './console-codepage.js';
+
+const win32 = { platform: 'win32' as const };
+const linux = { platform: 'linux' as const };
+
+const ok = (stdout: string) => ({ status: 0, stdout, error: undefined });
+const failed = () => ({ status: 1, stdout: '', error: undefined });
+
+describe('ensureUtf8Codepage()', () => {
+    it('does nothing on non-Windows platforms', () => {
+        const spawnSync = vi.fn();
+        ensureUtf8Codepage(spawnSync as unknown as SpawnSync, linux)();
+        expect(spawnSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('does nothing when the codepage is already UTF-8', () => {
+        const spawnSync = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(ok('Active code page: 65001.'));
+        const restore = ensureUtf8Codepage(spawnSync as unknown as SpawnSync, win32);
+
+        expect(spawnSync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        restore();
+        expect(spawnSync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('sets the codepage to UTF-8 and restores the original one it read', () => {
+        const spawnSync = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(ok('Aktive Codepage: 850.'));
+        const restore = ensureUtf8Codepage(spawnSync as unknown as SpawnSync, win32);
+
+        expect(spawnSync).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'cmd.exe', ['/s', '/c', 'chcp'], {
+            encoding: 'utf8',
+        });
+        expect(spawnSync).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 'cmd.exe', ['/s', '/c', 'chcp 65001'], {
+            stdio: 'ignore',
+        });
+
+        restore();
+        expect(spawnSync).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, 'cmd.exe', ['/s', '/c', 'chcp 850'], {
+            stdio: 'ignore',
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('only restores once, even if called multiple times', () => {
+        const spawnSync = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(ok('Active code page: 850.'));
+        const restore = ensureUtf8Codepage(spawnSync as unknown as SpawnSync, win32);
+
+        restore();
+        restore();
+        expect(spawnSync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    });
+
+    it('does nothing and never throws when reading the codepage fails', () => {
+        const spawnSync = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(failed());
+        const restore = ensureUtf8Codepage(spawnSync as unknown as SpawnSync, win32);
+
+        expect(() => restore()).not.toThrow();
+        expect(spawnSync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('does nothing and never throws when spawnSync itself throws', () => {
+        const spawnSync = vi.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
+            throw new Error('boom');
+        });
+
+        expect(() => ensureUtf8Codepage(spawnSync as unknown as SpawnSync, win32)()).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('does nothing when setting the codepage fails', () => {
+        const spawnSync = vi
+            .fn()
+            .mockReturnValueOnce(ok('Active code page: 850.'))
+            .mockReturnValueOnce(failed());
+        const restore = ensureUtf8Codepage(spawnSync as unknown as SpawnSync, win32);
+
+        expect(spawnSync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
+        restore();
+        // No third call: setting UTF-8 failed, so there's nothing to restore.
+        expect(spawnSync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/bin/console-codepage.ts b/bin/console-codepage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..634c415d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/console-codepage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { spawnSync as baseSpawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import nodeProcess from 'node:process';
+
+const UTF8_CODEPAGE = 65001;
+
+export type SpawnSync = typeof baseSpawnSync;
+
+/**
+ * On Windows, concurrently pipes child-process output through a freshly-allocated console whose
+ * codepage may not be UTF-8, garbling non-ASCII output from commands that rely on it (see
+ * open-cli-tools/concurrently#302). This sets the console's codepage to UTF-8 once, which spawned
+ * children then inherit, and returns a function that restores the original codepage.
+ *
+ * No-ops (and never throws) if not on Windows, if the codepage is already UTF-8, or if reading/setting
+ * it fails for any reason -- this is a best-effort convenience, never something that should block
+ * concurrently from running.
+ */
+export function ensureUtf8Codepage(
+    spawnSync: SpawnSync = baseSpawnSync,
+    process: Pick<NodeJS.Process, 'platform'> = nodeProcess,
+): () => void {
+    const noop = () => {};
+    if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+        return noop;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        const original = readCodepage(spawnSync);
+        if (original == null || original === UTF8_CODEPAGE) {
+            return noop;
+        }
+        if (!setCodepage(spawnSync, UTF8_CODEPAGE)) {
+            return noop;
+        }
+
+        let restored = false;
+        return () => {
+            if (restored) {
+                return;
+            }
+            restored = true;
+            try {
+                setCodepage(spawnSync, original);
+            } catch {
+                // Best-effort restore; nothing more we can do.
+            }
+        };
+    } catch {
+        return noop;
+    }
+}
+
+function readCodepage(spawnSync: SpawnSync): number | null {
+    const result = spawnSync('cmd.exe', ['/s', '/c', 'chcp'], { encoding: 'utf8' });
+    if (result.error || result.status !== 0 || !result.stdout) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    // Locale-dependent text (e.g. "Active code page: 65001." or "Aktive Codepage: 65001."),
+    // so match on the number rather than the surrounding words.
+    const match = /(\d+)/.exec(result.stdout);
+    return match ? Number(match[1]) : null;
+}
+
+function setCodepage(spawnSync: SpawnSync, codepage: number): boolean {
+    // `chcp` changes the codepage of the console this process is attached to regardless of where its
+    // own stdio points, so output can be safely discarded here rather than inherited -- otherwise its
+    // confirmation text (e.g. "Active code page: 65001.") would leak into concurrently's own output.
+    const result = spawnSync('cmd.exe', ['/s', '/c', `chcp ${codepage}`], { stdio: 'ignore' });
+    return !result.error && result.status === 0;
+}
diff --git a/bin/index.ts b/bin/index.ts
index cfa5b836..7f8f2f44 100755
--- a/bin/index.ts
+++ b/bin/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { hideBin } from 'yargs/helpers';
 import * as defaults from '../lib/defaults.js';
 import { concurrently } from '../lib/index.js';
 import { castArray, splitOutsideParens } from '../lib/utils.js';
+import { ensureUtf8Codepage } from './console-codepage.js';
 import { normalizeCliCommand } from './normalize-cli-command.js';
 import { readPackageJson } from './read-package-json.js';
 
@@ -229,40 +230,54 @@ if (!commands.length) {
     process.exit();
 }
 
-concurrently(
-    commands.map((command, index) => ({
-        command: normalizeCliCommand(String(command)),
-        name: names[index],
-    })),
-    {
-        handleInput: args.handleInput,
-        defaultInputTarget: args.defaultInputTarget,
-        killOthersOn: args.killOthers
-            ? ['success', 'failure']
-            : args.killOthersOnFail
-              ? ['failure']
-              : [],
-        killSignal: args.killSignal,
-        killTimeout: args.killTimeout,
-        maxProcesses: args.maxProcesses,
-        raw: args.raw,
-        hide: args.hide.split(','),
-        group: args.group,
-        prefix: args.prefix,
-        prefixColors: splitOutsideParens(args.prefixColors, ','),
-        prefixLength: args.prefixLength,
-        padPrefix: args.padPrefix,
-        restartDelay:
-            args.restartAfter === 'exponential' ? 'exponential' : Number(args.restartAfter),
-        restartTries: args.restartTries,
-        successCondition: args.success,
-        timestampFormat: args.timestampFormat,
-        timings: args.timings,
-        shell: args.shell,
-        teardown: args.teardown,
-        additionalArguments: args.passthroughArguments ? additionalArguments : undefined,
-    },
-).result.then(
-    () => process.exit(0),
-    () => process.exit(1),
-);
+// Piped output on Windows uses the console's active codepage, which may not be UTF-8 -- see
+// open-cli-tools/concurrently#302. Raw mode inherits the real console directly instead of piping
+// through concurrently, so it isn't affected and doesn't need this.
+const restoreCodepage = args.raw ? () => {} : ensureUtf8Codepage();
+const exitProcess = (code: number) => {
+    restoreCodepage();
+    process.exit(code);
+};
+
+try {
+    concurrently(
+        commands.map((command, index) => ({
+            command: normalizeCliCommand(String(command)),
+            name: names[index],
+        })),
+        {
+            handleInput: args.handleInput,
+            defaultInputTarget: args.defaultInputTarget,
+            killOthersOn: args.killOthers
+                ? ['success', 'failure']
+                : args.killOthersOnFail
+                  ? ['failure']
+                  : [],
+            killSignal: args.killSignal,
+            killTimeout: args.killTimeout,
+            maxProcesses: args.maxProcesses,
+            raw: args.raw,
+            hide: args.hide.split(','),
+            group: args.group,
+            prefix: args.prefix,
+            prefixColors: splitOutsideParens(args.prefixColors, ','),
+            prefixLength: args.prefixLength,
+            padPrefix: args.padPrefix,
+            restartDelay:
+                args.restartAfter === 'exponential' ? 'exponential' : Number(args.restartAfter),
+            restartTries: args.restartTries,
+            successCondition: args.success,
+            timestampFormat: args.timestampFormat,
+            timings: args.timings,
+            shell: args.shell,
+            teardown: args.teardown,
+            additionalArguments: args.passthroughArguments ? additionalArguments : undefined,
+        },
+    ).result.then(
+        () => exitProcess(0),
+        () => exitProcess(1),
+    );
+} catch (error) {
+    restoreCodepage();
+    throw error;
+}