diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/com/tschuchort/compiletesting/AbstractKotlinCompilation.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/com/tschuchort/compiletesting/AbstractKotlinCompilation.kt
index 60fcc732..0c3bfaf7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/com/tschuchort/compiletesting/AbstractKotlinCompilation.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/com/tschuchort/compiletesting/AbstractKotlinCompilation.kt
@@ -289,7 +289,9 @@ abstract class AbstractKotlinCompilation<A : CommonCompilerArguments> internal c
                 override fun close() = messageOutputStream.close()
             },
             internalMessageBuffer.outputStream()
-        )
+        ),
+        /* autoFlush = */ false,
+        /* encoding = */ "UTF-8",
     )
 
     protected fun log(s: String) {
diff --git a/ksp/src/test/kotlin/com/tschuchort/compiletesting/KspTest.kt b/ksp/src/test/kotlin/com/tschuchort/compiletesting/KspTest.kt
index 9ff4cc89..8b1cbd3a 100644
--- a/ksp/src/test/kotlin/com/tschuchort/compiletesting/KspTest.kt
+++ b/ksp/src/test/kotlin/com/tschuchort/compiletesting/KspTest.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4
 import org.mockito.Mockito.`when`
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
+import kotlin.text.Typography.ellipsis
 
 @RunWith(JUnit4::class)
 class KspTest {
@@ -322,6 +323,40 @@ class KspTest {
         assertThat(result.messages).contains("This is a failure")
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun messagesAreEncodedAndDecodedWithUtf8() {
+        val annotation = SourceFile.kotlin(
+            "TestAnnotation.kt", """
+            package foo.bar
+            annotation class TestAnnotation
+        """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        val targetClass = SourceFile.kotlin(
+            "AppCode.kt", """
+            package foo.bar
+            @TestAnnotation
+            class AppCode
+        """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        val result = KotlinCompilation().apply {
+            sources = listOf(annotation, targetClass)
+            symbolProcessorProviders = listOf(processorProviderOf { env ->
+                object : AbstractTestSymbolProcessor(env.codeGenerator) {
+                    override fun process(resolver: Resolver): List<KSAnnotated> {
+                        env.logger.logging("This is a log message with ellipsis $ellipsis")
+                        env.logger.info("This is an info message with unicode \uD83D\uDCAB")
+                        env.logger.warn("This is an warn message with emoji 🔥")
+                        return emptyList()
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+        }.compile()
+        assertThat(result.exitCode).isEqualTo(ExitCode.OK)
+        assertThat(result.messages).contains("This is a log message with ellipsis $ellipsis")
+        assertThat(result.messages).contains("This is an info message with unicode \uD83D\uDCAB")
+        assertThat(result.messages).contains("This is an warn message with emoji 🔥")
+    }
+
     companion object {
         private val DUMMY_KOTLIN_SRC = SourceFile.kotlin(
             "foo.bar.Dummy.kt", """