--- fastimport/exporter.py.orig	2012-08-01 21:51:21.774415338 +0200
+++ fastimport/exporter.py	2012-08-01 21:51:46.944415037 +0200
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
             elif kind == 'symlink':
                 file_cmds.append(commands.FileModifyCommand(path.encode("utf-8"),
                     helpers.kind_to_mode('symlink', False),
-                    None, tree_new.get_symlink_target(id_)))
+                    None, tree_new.get_symlink_target(id_).encode("utf-8")))
             elif kind == 'directory':
                 if not self.plain_format:
                     file_cmds.append(commands.FileModifyCommand(path.encode("utf-8"),