diff --git a/iotop-0.3.2-batchprintutf8.patch b/iotop-0.3.2-batchprintutf8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e63bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iotop-0.3.2-batchprintutf8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up iotop-0.6/iotop/ui.py.batchprintutf8 iotop-0.6/iotop/ui.py
+--- iotop-0.6/iotop/ui.py.batchprintutf8	2016-11-14 11:21:23.690185257 +0100
++++ iotop-0.6/iotop/ui.py	2016-11-14 11:23:26.511040007 +0100
+@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ class IOTopUI(object):
+                 if self.options.quiet <= int(first_time):
+                     print(''.join(titles))
+             for l in lines:
+-                print(l)
++                print(l.encode('utf-8'))
+             sys.stdout.flush()
+         else:
+             self.win.erase()
diff --git a/iotop.spec b/iotop.spec
index 7a24451..40c582a 100644
--- a/iotop.spec
+++ b/iotop.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: iotop
 Version: 0.6
-Release: 11%{?dist}
+Release: 12%{?dist}
 Summary: Top like utility for I/O       
 License: GPLv2+
 URL: http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/            
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Patch1: iotop-0.6-python3.patch
 # http://repo.or.cz/iotop.git/commit/99c8d7cedce81f17b851954d94bfa73787300599
 Patch2:	iotop-python3build.patch
 
+# sent upstream, iotop <= 0.6, rhbz#1285088
+Patch3: iotop-0.3.2-batchprintutf8.patch
+
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires:	python3-devel
 
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ show of behalf of which process is the I/O going on.
 %patch0 -p1 -b .noendcurses
 %patch1 -p1 -b .python3
 %patch2	-p1
+%patch3 -p1 -b .batchprintutf8
 
 %build
 %py3_build
@@ -43,6 +47,9 @@ show of behalf of which process is the I/O going on.
 %{_mandir}/man8/iotop.*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 14 2016 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink@redhat.com> - 0.6-12
+- fix printing unicode strings in batch mode (#1285088)
+
 * Tue Jul 19 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.6-11
 - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Automatic_Provides_for_Python_RPM_Packages