--- /usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/cram.py	2016-01-16 20:22:50.188589086 +0100
+++ cram.py	2016-01-20 12:02:14.881815552 +0100
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 import shutil
 import time
 import tempfile
+import re
+
+_newlines_re = re.compile(r'(\r\n|\r|\r)')
 
 try:
     import configparser
@@ -168,14 +171,14 @@
     cmdline = '%s$ ' % indent
     conline = '%s> ' % indent
 
-    f = open(path)
+    f = open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
     abspath = os.path.abspath(path)
     env = os.environ.copy()
     env['TESTDIR'] = os.path.dirname(abspath)
     env['TESTFILE'] = os.path.basename(abspath)
     p = subprocess.Popen([shell, '-'], bufsize=-1, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
-                         universal_newlines=True, env=env,
+                         universal_newlines=False, env=env,
                          preexec_fn=makeresetsigpipe(),
                          close_fds=os.name == 'posix')
     salt = 'CRAM%s' % time.time()
@@ -199,7 +202,8 @@
             after.setdefault(pos, []).append(line)
     stdin.append('echo "\n%s %s $?"\n' % (salt, i + 1))
 
-    output = p.communicate(input=''.join(stdin))[0]
+    output = p.communicate(input=''.join(stdin).encode('utf-8'))[0].decode('utf-8')
+    output = _newlines_re.sub('\n', output)
     if p.returncode == 80:
         return (refout, None, [])
 
@@ -336,7 +340,7 @@
                 log('!', 'failed\n', verbose)
                 if not quiet:
                     log('\n', None, verbose)
-                errfile = open(errpath, 'w')
+                errfile = open(errpath, 'w', encoding='utf-8')
                 try:
                     for line in postout:
                         errfile.write(line)