diff --git a/Lib/distutils/log.py b/Lib/distutils/log.py
index 7588570..b301a83 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/log.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/log.py
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
                 stream = sys.stderr
             else:
                 stream = sys.stdout
+            if stream.errors == 'strict':
+                # emulate backslashreplace error handler
+                encoding = stream.encoding
+                msg = msg.encode(encoding, "backslashreplace").decode(encoding)
             stream.write('%s\n' % msg)
             stream.flush()
 
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_log.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_log.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d35de34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_log.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""Tests for distutils.log"""
+
+import sys
+import unittest
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+
+from distutils import log
+
+class TestLog(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_non_ascii(self):
+        # Issue #8663: test that non-ASCII text is escaped with
+        # backslashreplace error handler (stream use ASCII encoding and strict
+        # error handler)
+        old_stdout = sys.stdout
+        old_stderr = sys.stderr
+        try:
+            log.set_threshold(log.DEBUG)
+            with NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w+", encoding='ascii') as stdout, \
+                 NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w+", encoding='ascii') as stderr:
+                sys.stdout = stdout
+                sys.stderr = stderr
+                log.debug("debug:\xe9")
+                log.fatal("fatal:\xe9")
+                stdout.seek(0)
+                self.assertEquals(stdout.read().rstrip(), "debug:\\xe9")
+                stderr.seek(0)
+                self.assertEquals(stderr.read().rstrip(), "fatal:\\xe9")
+        finally:
+            sys.stdout = old_stdout
+            sys.stderr = old_stderr
+
+def test_suite():
+    return unittest.makeSuite(TestLog)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main(defaultTest="test_suite")
diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 30792c2..c2c44e5 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@
     on the command line.
     """
 
+    replace_stdout()
+
     support.record_original_stdout(sys.stdout)
     try:
         opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'hvgqxsSrf:lu:t:TD:NLR:wM:n',
@@ -411,7 +413,6 @@
     support.verbose = verbose      # Tell tests to be moderately quiet
     support.use_resources = use_resources
     save_modules = sys.modules.keys()
-    replace_stdout()
     for test in tests:
         if not quiet:
             print(test)