diff --git a/R/path.R b/R/path.R
index 8863e4ed..b440c1ac 100644
--- a/R/path.R
+++ b/R/path.R
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ standardise_path <- function(path) {
     }
   }
 
-  as.list(path)
+  as.list(enc2utf8(path))
 }
 
 standardise_one_path <- function (path, write = FALSE) {