diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/DeploymentHandler/DeployMethod/SQL/Translator.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/DeploymentHandler/DeployMethod/SQL/Translator.pm
index 71f7cd1..cd431bb 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/DeploymentHandler/DeployMethod/SQL/Translator.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/DeploymentHandler/DeployMethod/SQL/Translator.pm
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ require DBIx::Class::Storage;   # loaded for type constraint
 use DBIx::Class::DeploymentHandler::Types;
 
 use Path::Class qw(file dir);
+use utf8;
 
 with 'DBIx::Class::DeploymentHandler::HandlesDeploy';
 
@@ -803,6 +804,7 @@ sub prepare_protoschema {
 
   open my $file, q(>), $filename;
   binmode $file;
+  utf8::encode($yml);
   print {$file} $yml;
   close $file;
 }
diff --git a/t/deploy_methods/sql_translator.t b/t/deploy_methods/sql_translator.t
index 3158584..ae4d7ff 100644
--- a/t/deploy_methods/sql_translator.t
+++ b/t/deploy_methods/sql_translator.t
@@ -200,7 +200,12 @@ VERSION3: {
    ok( $dm, 'DBIC::DH::SQL::Translator w/3.0 instantiates correctly');
 
    my $version = $s->schema_version();
-   $dm->prepare_deploy;
+   {
+      my @warns;
+      local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub { push @warns, shift };
+      $dm->prepare_deploy;
+      ok scalar @warns == 0, "UTF handled correctly. No 'Wide character in print' warning.";
+   }
    ok(
       -f file($sql_dir, qw(SQLite deploy 3.0 001-auto.sql )),
       '2.0 schema gets generated properly'
diff --git a/t/lib/DBICVersion_v3.pm b/t/lib/DBICVersion_v3.pm
index e7a94ea..6e58444 100644
--- a/t/lib/DBICVersion_v3.pm
+++ b/t/lib/DBICVersion_v3.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package DBICVersion::Foo;
 
+use utf8;
 use base 'DBIx::Class::Core';
 use strict;
 use warnings;
@@ -29,6 +30,34 @@ __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
 
 __PACKAGE__->set_primary_key('foo');
 
+
+sub sqlt_deploy_hook {
+  my( $self, $sqlt_table ) =  @_;
+
+  $sqlt_table->schema->add_procedure(
+    name => 'test_utf',
+    parameters => [ name => '_string', type => 'text' ],
+    extra => {
+      returns => { type => 'VOID' },
+      definitions => [
+        { language => 'sql' },
+        { quote    => '$$', body => 'SELECT "перевірка ЮТФ/check UTF"' },
+      ]
+    }
+  );
+
+  $sqlt_table->schema->add_trigger(
+    name =>  'test_utf',
+    perform_action_when =>  'before',
+    database_events     =>  'update',
+    on_table            =>  $sqlt_table->name,
+    scope               =>  'row',
+    action              =>  q!EXECUTE PROCEDURE test_utf("перевірка ЮТФ/check UTF")!
+  );
+
+}
+
+
 package DBICVersion::Schema;
 use base 'DBIx::Class::Schema';
 use strict;