diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py
index 0a52c34c72..89e98ae61e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ class RtmpFD(FileDownloader):
         # Download using rtmpdump. rtmpdump returns exit code 2 when
         # the connection was interrumpted and resuming appears to be
         # possible. This is part of rtmpdump's normal usage, AFAIK.
-        basic_args = ['rtmpdump', '--verbose', '-r', url, '-o', tmpfilename]
+        basic_args = [
+            'rtmpdump', '--verbose', '-r', url,
+            '-o', encodeFilename(tmpfilename, True)]
         if player_url is not None:
             basic_args += ['--swfVfy', player_url]
         if page_url is not None: