diff --git a/src/ccstatusline.ts b/src/ccstatusline.ts
index 0bc999d..6998ca3 100644
--- a/src/ccstatusline.ts
+++ b/src/ccstatusline.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ async function readStdin(): Promise<string | null> {
     }
 }
 
+async function ensureWindowsUtf8CodePage() {
+    if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        const { execFileSync } = await import('child_process');
+        execFileSync('chcp.com', ['65001'], { stdio: 'ignore' });
+    } catch {
+        // Ignore failures to preserve statusline output even in restricted shells.
+    }
+}
+
 async function renderMultipleLines(data: StatusJSON) {
     const settings = await loadSettings();
 
@@ -164,6 +177,8 @@ async function renderMultipleLines(data: StatusJSON) {
 async function main() {
     // Check if we're in a piped/non-TTY environment first
     if (!process.stdin.isTTY) {
+        await ensureWindowsUtf8CodePage();
+
         // We're receiving piped input
         const input = await readStdin();
         if (input && input.trim() !== '') {