diff --git a/addons/base_report_designer/base_report_designer.py b/addons/base_report_designer/base_report_designer.py
index 4bb86bba035..7001a31eab3 100644
--- a/addons/base_report_designer/base_report_designer.py
+++ b/addons/base_report_designer/base_report_designer.py
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ class report_xml(osv.osv):
 
     def report_get(self, cr, uid, report_id, context=None):
         report = self.browse(cr, uid, report_id, context=context)
+        reload(sys) 
+        sys.setdefaultencoding( "latin-1" )    
         return {
             'file_type' : report.report_type, 
             'report_sxw_content': report.report_sxw_content and base64.encodestring(report.report_sxw_content) or False,