diff -r 5f5e1d408c0c Lib/tarfile.py
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py	Wed Dec 18 15:37:03 2013 -0600
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py	Thu Dec 19 11:37:33 2013 +0800
@@ -1843,7 +1843,12 @@
                 print("%d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d" \
                       % time.localtime(tarinfo.mtime)[:6], end=' ')
 
-            print(tarinfo.name + ("/" if tarinfo.isdir() else ""), end=' ')
+            tarinfo_dir = "/" if tarinfo.isdir() else ""
+            try:
+                print(tarinfo.name + tarinfo_dir, end=' ')
+            except UnicodeEncodeError:
+                print(tarinfo.name.encode(errors='replace').decode() +
+                      tarinfo_dir, end=' ')
 
             if verbose:
                 if tarinfo.issym():
diff -r 5f5e1d408c0c Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py	Wed Dec 18 15:37:03 2013 -0600
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py	Thu Dec 19 11:37:33 2013 +0800
@@ -1786,6 +1786,17 @@
             out = self.tarfilecmd(opt, tmpname)
             self.assertEqual(out, expected)
 
+    def test_list_print_unencodable_characters(self):
+        arguments = [support.findfile('tarfile.py'),
+                     '-l',
+                     support.findfile('testtar.tar')]
+        rc, out, err = script_helper.assert_python_ok(*arguments)
+        self.assertIn(b'ustar/umlauts-???????', out)
+        self.assertIn(b'misc/regtype-hpux-signed-chksum-???????', out)
+        self.assertIn(b'misc/regtype-old-v7-signed-chksum-???????', out)
+        self.assertIn(b'pax/bad-pax-???', out)
+        self.assertIn(b'pax/hdrcharset-???', out)
+
     def test_list_command_verbose(self):
         self.make_simple_tarfile(tmpname)
         with support.captured_stdout() as t: