diff --git a/Lib/profile.py b/Lib/profile.py
index d969246..2a96ba8 100755
--- a/Lib/profile.py
+++ b/Lib/profile.py
@@ -609,11 +609,8 @@
     if (len(args) > 0):
         sys.argv[:] = args
         sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))
-        fp = open(sys.argv[0])
-        try:
+        with open(sys.argv[0], 'rb') as fp:
             script = fp.read()
-        finally:
-            fp.close()
         run('exec(%r)' % script, options.outfile, options.sort)
     else:
         parser.print_usage()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 57d084d..b8959df 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #4282: Fix the main function of the profile module for a non-ASCII
+  script, open the file in binary mode and not in text mode with the default
+  (utf8) encoding.
+
 - Issue #7774: Set sys.executable to an empty string if argv[0] has been set to
   an non existent program name and Python is unable to retrieve the real
   program name