1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-python-utf8-encoding.sh b/test/lint/lint-python-utf8-encoding.sh
index 14183a5ccf..d03c20205d 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-python-utf8-encoding.sh
+++ b/test/lint/lint-python-utf8-encoding.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,12 @@ if [[ ${OUTPUT} != "" ]]; then
     echo "${OUTPUT}"
     EXIT_CODE=1
 fi
+OUTPUT=$(git grep "check_output(" -- "*.py" | grep "universal_newlines=True" | grep -vE "encoding=.(ascii|utf8|utf-8).")
+if [[ ${OUTPUT} != "" ]]; then
+    echo "Python's check_output(...) seems to be used to get program outputs without explicitly"
+    echo "specifying encoding=\"utf8\":"
+    echo
+    echo "${OUTPUT}"
+    EXIT_CODE=1
+fi
 exit ${EXIT_CODE}