diff --git a/putty/putty_solarized_black.reg b/putty/putty_solarized_black.reg
index 95a27d173cac6834ad1b5c459f1bef8d4b4c706b..b4fa0c1d3abc698d927e4e9dfb6938e5920718dd 100644
--- a/putty/putty_solarized_black.reg
+++ b/putty/putty_solarized_black.reg
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
 ; Enable numpad in Vim by disabling "Application Keypad Mode"
 "NoApplicationKeys"=dword:00000001
+
+; Tell Putty to use UTF-8 as the remote character set
+"LineCodePage"="UTF-8"
diff --git a/putty/putty_solarized_dark.reg b/putty/putty_solarized_dark.reg
index 15887218f4eaa4314d961c856124be16675b3487..a8a8b1bed18b32ebfebc0ddc48fa1ca86bd499d4 100644
--- a/putty/putty_solarized_dark.reg
+++ b/putty/putty_solarized_dark.reg
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
 ; Enable numpad in Vim by disabling "Application Keypad Mode"
 "NoApplicationKeys"=dword:00000001
+
+; Tell Putty to use UTF-8 as the remote character set
+"LineCodePage"="UTF-8"