diff --git a/middleman-core/features/unicode_filecontents.feature b/middleman-core/features/unicode_filecontents.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80b676a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleman-core/features/unicode_filecontents.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Feature: Unicode filecontents
+  In order to support non-ASCII characters in file contents
+
+  Scenario: Rebuild with files containing unicode characters in their name
+    Given a fixture app "clean-app"
+    And a file named "source/index.html.erb" with:
+      """
+      你好
+      """
+    And a successfully built app at "clean-app"
+    And a modification time for a file named "build/index.html"
+    And a successfully built app at "clean-app"
+    Then the file "build/index.html" should not have been updated
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/cli/build.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/cli/build.rb
index 26680123..5fb11b20 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/cli/build.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/cli/build.rb
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ module Middleman::Cli
             response = self.class.shared_rack.get(URI.escape(resource.destination_path))
 
             if response.status == 200
-              create_file(output_file, response.body)
+              create_file(output_file, binary_encode(response.body))
             else
               handle_error(output_file, response.body)
             end
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ module Middleman::Cli
           self.shell.error(response)
         end
       end
+
+      def binary_encode(string)
+        if string.respond_to?(:force_encoding)
+          string.force_encoding("ascii-8bit")
+        end
+        string
+      end
     }
   end
 
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/step_definitions/builder_steps.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/step_definitions/builder_steps.rb
index be1bb082..954583b2 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/step_definitions/builder_steps.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/step_definitions/builder_steps.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 require 'fileutils'
 
+Before do
+  @modification_times = Hash.new
+end
+
 Given /^app "([^\"]*)" is using config "([^\"]*)"$/ do |path, config_name|
   target = File.join(PROJECT_ROOT_PATH, "fixtures", path)
   config_path = File.join(current_dir, "config-#{config_name}.rb")
@@ -50,6 +54,16 @@ Given /^a successfully built app at "([^\"]*)" with flags "([^\"]*)"$/ do |path,
   step %Q{was successfully built}
 end
 
+Given /^a modification time for a file named "([^\"]*)"$/ do |file|
+  target = File.join(current_dir, file)
+  @modification_times[target] = File.mtime(target)
+end
+
+Then /^the file "([^\"]*)" should not have been updated$/ do |file|
+  target = File.join(current_dir, file)
+  File.mtime(target).should == @modification_times[target]
+end
+
 # Provide this Aruba overload in case we're matching something with quotes in it
 Then /^the file "([^"]*)" should contain '([^']*)'$/ do |file, partial_content|
   check_file_content(file, partial_content, true)