diff --git a/examples/common.cpp b/examples/common.cpp
index 244fb67d6..07875f1df 100644
--- a/examples/common.cpp
+++ b/examples/common.cpp
@@ -522,6 +522,11 @@ void console_init(console_state & con_st) {
         // Turn off ICANON (ENABLE_LINE_INPUT) and ECHO (ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT)
         dwMode &= ~(ENABLE_LINE_INPUT | ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT);
         SetConsoleMode(hConIn, dwMode);
+
+        // Set console input codepage to UTF8
+        _setmode(_fileno(stdin), _O_U8TEXT);
+        // Set locale to Chinese Simplified UTF-8
+        setlocale(LC_ALL, "zh-CN.UTF-8");
     }
 #else
     // POSIX-specific console initialization