diff -r ebe18b90618c Lib/getpass.py
--- a/Lib/getpass.py	Tue Apr 08 14:58:35 2014 -0400
+++ b/Lib/getpass.py	Wed Apr 09 22:53:25 2014 +0530
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io
 import os
 import sys
+import locale
 import warnings
 
 __all__ = ["getpass","getuser","GetPassWarning"]
@@ -135,7 +136,13 @@
         input = sys.stdin
     prompt = str(prompt)
     if prompt:
-        stream.write(prompt)
+        try:
+            stream.write(prompt)
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            locale_encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+            prompt = prompt.encode( locale_encoding, 'replace')
+            prompt = prompt.decode(locale_encoding)
+            stream.write(prompt)
         stream.flush()
     # NOTE: The Python C API calls flockfile() (and unlock) during readline.
     line = input.readline()