--- a/mercurial/ui.py	Thu Nov 26 02:28:42 2020 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py	Mon Nov 23 11:47:06 2020 -0500
@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@
                         raise EOFError
                     return l.rstrip(b'\n')
                 else:
-                    return getpass.getpass('')
+                    return encoding.strtolocal(getpass.getpass(''))
         except EOFError:
             raise error.ResponseExpected()