diff --git a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
index ee34befcd58..6e52896f493 100644
--- a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
+++ b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class _rml_canvas(object):
             self.canvas.setTitle(self.title)
 
     def _textual(self, node, x=0, y=0):
-        rc = utils._process_text(self, node.text or '')
+        rc = utils._process_text(self, node.text.encode('utf-8') or '')
         for n in node:
             if n.tag == 'seq':
                 from reportlab.lib.sequencer import getSequencer
diff --git a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/utils.py b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/utils.py
index 5fe96631fac..cb44ee6d5f2 100644
--- a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/utils.py
+++ b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/utils.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import re
 import reportlab
 from lxml import etree
 import copy
+import tools
 
 _regex = re.compile('\[\[(.+?)\]\]')
 
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ def _process_text(self, txt):
                     pass
                 if type(txt)==type('') or type(txt)==type(u''):
                     txt2 = str2xml(txt)
-                    result += txt2
+                    result += tools.ustr(txt2)
                 elif (txt is not None) and (txt is not False):
                     result += str(txt)
         return result
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ def _process_text(self, txt):
 def text_get(node):
     rc = ''
     for node in node.getchildren():
-            rc = rc + node.text
+            rc = rc + tools.ustr(node.text)
     return rc
 
 units = [