diff --git a/compose/config/config.py b/compose/config/config.py
index 21549e9b34..f664ec8d5d 100644
--- a/compose/config/config.py
+++ b/compose/config/config.py
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ def resolve_volume_path(volume, working_dir, service_name):
         if host_path.startswith('.'):
             host_path = expand_path(working_dir, host_path)
         host_path = os.path.expanduser(host_path)
-        return "{}:{}".format(host_path, container_path)
+        return u"{}:{}".format(host_path, container_path)
     else:
         return container_path
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/config/config_test.py b/tests/unit/config/config_test.py
index fc5e22bf2b..69b2358525 100644
--- a/tests/unit/config/config_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/config/config_test.py
@@ -575,6 +575,11 @@ class VolumeConfigTest(unittest.TestCase):
         }, working_dir='.')
         self.assertEqual(d['volumes'], ['~:/data'])
 
+    def test_volume_path_with_non_ascii_directory(self):
+        volume = u'/Füü/data:/data'
+        container_path = config.resolve_volume_path(volume, ".", "test")
+        self.assertEqual(container_path, volume)
+
 
 class MergePathMappingTest(object):
     def config_name(self):