diff --git a/src/debug.cpp b/src/debug.cpp
--- a/src/debug.cpp
+++ b/src/debug.cpp
@@ -131,13 +131,14 @@ static void debug_print(const char *dbg,
 		fflush(f);
 #endif
 	} else {
+		char buffer[512];
+		seprintf(buffer, lastof(buffer), "%sdbg: [%s] %s\n", GetLogPrefix(), dbg, buf);
 #if defined(WINCE)
-		/* We need to do OTTD2FS twice, but as it uses a static buffer, we need to store one temporary */
-		TCHAR tbuf[512];
-		_sntprintf(tbuf, sizeof(tbuf), _T("%s"), OTTD2FS(dbg));
-		NKDbgPrintfW(_T("dbg: [%s] %s\n"), tbuf, OTTD2FS(buf));
+		NKDbgPrintfW(OTTD2FS(buffer));
+#elif defined(WIN32) || defined(WIN64)
+		_fputts(OTTD2FS(buffer, true), stderr);
 #else
-		fprintf(stderr, "%sdbg: [%s] %s\n", GetLogPrefix(), dbg, buf);
+		fputs(buffer, stderr);
 #endif
 #ifdef ENABLE_NETWORK
 		NetworkAdminConsole(dbg, buf);
diff --git a/src/os/windows/win32.cpp b/src/os/windows/win32.cpp
--- a/src/os/windows/win32.cpp
+++ b/src/os/windows/win32.cpp
@@ -621,12 +621,13 @@ const char *FS2OTTD(const TCHAR *name)
  * The returned value's contents can only be guaranteed until the next call to
  * this function. So if the value is needed for anything else, use convert_from_fs
  * @param name pointer to a valid string that will be converted (UTF8)
+ * @param console_cp convert to the console encoding instead of the normal system encoding.
  * @return pointer to the converted string; if failed string is of zero-length
  */
-const TCHAR *OTTD2FS(const char *name)
+const TCHAR *OTTD2FS(const char *name, bool console_cp)
 {
 	static TCHAR system_buf[512];
-	return convert_to_fs(name, system_buf, lengthof(system_buf));
+	return convert_to_fs(name, system_buf, lengthof(system_buf), console_cp);
 }
 
 
@@ -669,9 +670,10 @@ char *convert_from_fs(const TCHAR *name,
  * @param utf16_buf pointer to a valid wide-char buffer that will receive the
  * converted string
  * @param buflen length in wide characters of the receiving buffer
+ * @param console_cp convert to the console encoding instead of the normal system encoding.
  * @return pointer to utf16_buf. If conversion fails the string is of zero-length
  */
-TCHAR *convert_to_fs(const char *name, TCHAR *system_buf, size_t buflen)
+TCHAR *convert_to_fs(const char *name, TCHAR *system_buf, size_t buflen, bool console_cp)
 {
 #if defined(UNICODE)
 	int len = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, name, -1, system_buf, (int)buflen);
@@ -686,7 +688,7 @@ TCHAR *convert_to_fs(const char *name, T
 	WCHAR *wide_buf = AllocaM(WCHAR, len);
 	MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, name, -1, wide_buf, len);
 
-	len = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, wide_buf, len, system_buf, (int)buflen, NULL, NULL);
+	len = WideCharToMultiByte(console_cp ? CP_OEMCP : CP_ACP, 0, wide_buf, len, system_buf, (int)buflen, NULL, NULL);
 	if (len == 0) system_buf[0] = '\0';
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/os/windows/win32.h b/src/os/windows/win32.h
--- a/src/os/windows/win32.h
+++ b/src/os/windows/win32.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ typedef void (*Function)(int);
 bool LoadLibraryList(Function proc[], const char *dll);
 
 char *convert_from_fs(const TCHAR *name, char *utf8_buf, size_t buflen);
-TCHAR *convert_to_fs(const char *name, TCHAR *utf16_buf, size_t buflen);
+TCHAR *convert_to_fs(const char *name, TCHAR *utf16_buf, size_t buflen, bool console_cp = false);
 
 /* Function shortcuts for UTF-8 <> UNICODE conversion. When unicode is not
  * defined these macros return the string passed to them, with UNICODE
diff --git a/src/stdafx.h b/src/stdafx.h
--- a/src/stdafx.h
+++ b/src/stdafx.h
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 		#endif /* WINCE */
 
 		const char *FS2OTTD(const TCHAR *name);
-		const TCHAR *OTTD2FS(const char *name);
+		const TCHAR *OTTD2FS(const char *name, bool console_cp = false);
 		#define SQ2OTTD(name) FS2OTTD(name)
 		#define OTTD2SQ(name) OTTD2FS(name)
 	#else