diff --git a/buildozer/__init__.py b/buildozer/__init__.py
index 227d07d27..9c003c6e0 100644
--- a/buildozer/__init__.py
+++ b/buildozer/__init__.py
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def cmd(self, command, **kwargs):
                     ret_stdout.append(chunk)
                 if show_output:
                     if IS_PY3:
-                        stderr.write(chunk.decode('utf-8'))
+                        stderr.write(chunk.decode('utf-8', 'replace'))
                     else:
                         stdout.write(chunk)
             if fd_stderr in readx:
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ def cmd(self, command, **kwargs):
                     ret_stderr.append(chunk)
                 if show_output:
                     if IS_PY3:
-                        stderr.write(chunk.decode('utf-8'))
+                        stderr.write(chunk.decode('utf-8', 'replace'))
                     else:
                         stderr.write(chunk)