diff --git a/Lib/test/libregrtest/win_utils.py b/Lib/test/libregrtest/win_utils.py
index ec2d6c663e83fb..8fa44f8c59c32c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/libregrtest/win_utils.py
+++ b/Lib/test/libregrtest/win_utils.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def start(self):
         self.p = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=command_stdout, cwd=support.SAVEDCWD)
 
         # Close our copy of the write end of the pipe
-        os.close(command_stdout)
+        # os.close(command_stdout)
 
     def close(self):
         if self.p is None:
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def read_output(self):
         if res != 0:
             return
 
-        return overlapped.getbuffer().decode()
+        return overlapped.getbuffer().decode(encoding='oem', errors='ignore')
 
     def getloadavg(self):
         typeperf_output = self.read_output()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-09-28-09-59-16.bpo-36670.g9nzfJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-09-28-09-59-16.bpo-36670.g9nzfJ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..81e8bad46fa0a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-09-28-09-59-16.bpo-36670.g9nzfJ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+fixed encoding issues with test execution on non english systems these
+systems will return default load 0.0