diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
index 62296994816..5fec91b58d6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
@@ -1581,9 +1581,10 @@ void GitPluginPrivate::instantBlame()
         const CommitInfo info = parseBlameOutput(output.split('\n'), filePath, m_author);
         m_blameMark.reset(new BlameMark(filePath, line, info));
     };
+    QTextCodec *codec = GitClient::instance()->encoding(workingDirectory, "i18n.commitEncoding");
     GitClient::instance()->vcsExecWithHandler(workingDirectory,
                            {"blame", "-p", "-L", lineString, "--", filePath.toString()},
-                           this, commandHandler, RunFlags::NoOutput);
+                           this, commandHandler, RunFlags::NoOutput, codec);
 }
 
 void GitPluginPrivate::stopInstantBlame()
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
index 3ec9763f0c4..d8dc91a888e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.cpp
@@ -157,10 +157,11 @@ void VcsBaseClientImpl::vcsExecWithHandler(const FilePath &workingDirectory,
                                            const QStringList &arguments,
                                            const QObject *context,
                                            const CommandHandler &handler,
-                                           RunFlags additionalFlags) const
+                                           RunFlags additionalFlags, QTextCodec *codec) const
 {
     VcsCommand *command = createCommand(workingDirectory);
     command->addFlags(additionalFlags);
+    command->setCodec(codec);
     command->addJob({vcsBinary(), arguments}, vcsTimeoutS());
     if (handler) {
         const QObject *actualContext = context ? context : this;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
index 87908f1f812..6703495c37f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseclient.h
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ public:
                             const QStringList &arguments,
                             const QObject *context,
                             const CommandHandler &handler,
-                            RunFlags additionalFlags = RunFlags::None) const;
+                            RunFlags additionalFlags = RunFlags::None,
+                            QTextCodec *codec = nullptr) const;
     void vcsExec(const Utils::FilePath &workingDirectory,
                  const QStringList &arguments,
                  RunFlags additionalFlags = RunFlags::None) const;