diff --git a/Modules/python.c b/Modules/python.c
index 47685a4..18f9b3d 100644
--- a/Modules/python.c
+++ b/Modules/python.c
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 }
 #else
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+extern wchar_t* _Py_DecodeUTF8_surrogateescape(const char *s, Py_ssize_t size);
+#endif
+
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -41,7 +45,11 @@
     oldloc = strdup(setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL));
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
     for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+        argv_copy[i] = _Py_DecodeUTF8_surrogateescape(argv[i], strlen(argv[i]));
+#else
         argv_copy[i] = _Py_char2wchar(argv[i], NULL);
+#endif
         if (!argv_copy[i])
             return 1;
         argv_copy2[i] = argv_copy[i];