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 03:47:28 2014 +0530
@@ -135,7 +135,12 @@
         input = sys.stdin
     prompt = str(prompt)
     if prompt:
-        stream.write(prompt)
+        try:
+            stream.write(prompt)
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            prompt = prompt.encode('ascii', 'ignore')
+            prompt = prompt.decode('ascii')
+            stream.write(prompt)
         stream.flush()
     # NOTE: The Python C API calls flockfile() (and unlock) during readline.
     line = input.readline()