diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/wifi/qrcode/QrCodeGenerator.java b/src/com/android/settings/wifi/qrcode/QrCodeGenerator.java
index 08fcb10d0b5..d9682d2421c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/wifi/qrcode/QrCodeGenerator.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/wifi/qrcode/QrCodeGenerator.java
@@ -20,10 +20,16 @@ import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.Color;
 
 import com.google.zxing.BarcodeFormat;
+import com.google.zxing.EncodeHintType;
 import com.google.zxing.MultiFormatWriter;
 import com.google.zxing.WriterException;
 import com.google.zxing.common.BitMatrix;
 
+import java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 public final class QrCodeGenerator {
     /**
      * Generates a barcode image with {@code contents}.
@@ -34,8 +40,13 @@ public final class QrCodeGenerator {
      */
     public static Bitmap encodeQrCode(String contents, int size)
             throws WriterException, IllegalArgumentException {
+        final Map<EncodeHintType, Object> hints = new HashMap<>();
+        if (!isIso88591(contents)) {
+            hints.put(EncodeHintType.CHARACTER_SET, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name());
+        }
+
         final BitMatrix qrBits = new MultiFormatWriter().encode(contents, BarcodeFormat.QR_CODE,
-                size, size);
+                size, size, hints);
         final Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(size, size, Bitmap.Config.RGB_565);
         for (int x = 0; x < size; x++) {
             for (int y = 0; y < size; y++) {
@@ -44,4 +55,9 @@ public final class QrCodeGenerator {
         }
         return bitmap;
     }
+
+    private static boolean isIso88591(String contents) {
+        CharsetEncoder encoder = StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1.newEncoder();
+        return encoder.canEncode(contents);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/qrcode/QrCameraTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/qrcode/QrCameraTest.java
index bd2ce1e56cf..3f67137717d 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/qrcode/QrCameraTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/wifi/qrcode/QrCameraTest.java
@@ -128,4 +128,23 @@ public class QrCameraTest {
 
         assertThat(mQrCode).isEqualTo(googleUrl);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDecode_unicodePictureCaptured_QrCodeCorrectValue() {
+        final String unicodeTest = "中文測試";
+
+        try {
+            final Bitmap bmp = QrCodeGenerator.encodeQrCode(unicodeTest, 320);
+            final int[] intArray = new int[bmp.getWidth() * bmp.getHeight()];
+            bmp.getPixels(intArray, 0, bmp.getWidth(), 0, 0, bmp.getWidth(), bmp.getHeight());
+            LuminanceSource source = new RGBLuminanceSource(bmp.getWidth(), bmp.getHeight(),
+                    intArray);
+            final BinaryBitmap bitmap = new BinaryBitmap(new HybridBinarizer(source));
+            mCamera.decodeImage(bitmap);
+            bmp.recycle();
+        } catch (WriterException e) {
+        }
+
+        assertThat(mQrCode).isEqualTo(unicodeTest);
+    }
 }