diff --git a/progressmeter.c b/progressmeter.c
index 00bef4e..3d6f56b 100644
--- a/progressmeter.c
+++ b/progressmeter.c
@@ -237,7 +237,14 @@ refresh_progress_meter(void)
 			strlcat(buf, "    ", win_size);
 	}
 
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+    wchar_t* wtmp = utf8_to_utf16(buf);
+    WriteConsoleW(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), wtmp, wcslen(wtmp), 0, 0);
+    WriteConsoleW(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), L"\n", 1, 0, 0);
+    free(wtmp);
+#else
 	atomicio(vwrite, STDOUT_FILENO, buf, win_size - 1);
+#endif
 	last_update = now;
 }