diff --git a/homeassistant/util/yaml.py b/homeassistant/util/yaml.py
index da97ed5662e..48d709bc549 100644
--- a/homeassistant/util/yaml.py
+++ b/homeassistant/util/yaml.py
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ def load_yaml(fname: str) -> Union[List, Dict]:
 
 def dump(_dict: dict) -> str:
     """Dump YAML to a string and remove null."""
-    return yaml.safe_dump(_dict, default_flow_style=False) \
+    return yaml.safe_dump(
+        _dict, default_flow_style=False, allow_unicode=True) \
         .replace(': null\n', ':\n')
 
 
diff --git a/tests/util/test_yaml.py b/tests/util/test_yaml.py
index 50e271008a2..38b957ad102 100644
--- a/tests/util/test_yaml.py
+++ b/tests/util/test_yaml.py
@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ class TestYaml(unittest.TestCase):
         """The that the dump method returns empty None values."""
         assert yaml.dump({'a': None, 'b': 'b'}) == 'a:\nb: b\n'
 
+    def test_dump_unicode(self):
+        """The that the dump method returns empty None values."""
+        assert yaml.dump({'a': None, 'b': 'привет'}) == 'a:\nb: привет\n'
+
 
 FILES = {}