1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 4e6e47d6f..8e80e3759 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from .compat import (
     compat_kwargs,
 )
 from .utils import (
+    preferredencoding,
     write_string,
 )
 from .version import __version__
@@ -794,6 +795,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
             write_string('[debug] Override config: ' + repr(overrideArguments) + '\n')
     else:
         command_line_conf = sys.argv[1:]
+        # Workaround for Python 2.x, where argv is a byte list
+        if sys.version_info < (3,):
+            command_line_conf = [
+                a.decode(preferredencoding(), 'replace') for a in command_line_conf]
+
         if '--ignore-config' in command_line_conf:
             system_conf = []
             user_conf = []