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diff --git a/Lib/compileall.py b/Lib/compileall.py
index 9451a60..2432842 100644
--- a/Lib/compileall.py
+++ b/Lib/compileall.py
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ def compile_dir(dir, maxlevels=10, ddir=None,
print('*** Error compiling', fullname, '...')
else:
print('*** ', end='')
- print(err.msg)
+ # escape non-printable characters in msg
+ msg = err.msg.encode(sys.stdout.encoding, 'backslashreplace')
+ msg = msg.decode(sys.stdout.encoding)
+ print(msg)
success = 0
except (SyntaxError, UnicodeError, IOError) as e:
if quiet: