diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/import_export.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/import_export.py
index db1cacf9d0..e5f20ce149 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/import_export.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/import_export.py
@@ -324,11 +324,11 @@ def export_handler(request, course_key_string):
         try:
             export_to_xml(modulestore(), contentstore(), course_module.id, root_dir, name)
 
-            logging.debug('tar file being generated at {0}'.format(export_file.name))
+            logging.debug(u'tar file being generated at {0}'.format(export_file.name))
             with tarfile.open(name=export_file.name, mode='w:gz') as tar_file:
                 tar_file.add(root_dir / name, arcname=name)
         except SerializationError as exc:
-            log.exception('There was an error exporting course %s', course_module.id)
+            log.exception(u'There was an error exporting course %s', course_module.id)
             unit = None
             failed_item = None
             parent = None
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ def export_handler(request, course_key_string):
 
         wrapper = FileWrapper(export_file)
         response = HttpResponse(wrapper, content_type='application/x-tgz')
-        response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=%s' % os.path.basename(export_file.name)
+        response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename=%s' % os.path.basename(unicode(export_file.name).encode('utf-8'))
         response['Content-Length'] = os.path.getsize(export_file.name)
         return response
 
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml.py
index f661048ff9..965ce266ae 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml.py
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ class ImportSystem(XMLParsingSystem, MakoDescriptorSystem):
                     # put it in the error tracker--content folks need to see it.
 
                     if tag in need_uniq_names:
-                        error_tracker("PROBLEM: no name of any kind specified for {tag}.  Student "
-                                      "state will not be properly tracked for this module.  Problem xml:"
-                                      " '{xml}...'".format(tag=tag, xml=xml[:100]))
+                        error_tracker(u"PROBLEM: no name of any kind specified for {tag}.  Student "
+                                      u"state will not be properly tracked for this module.  Problem xml:"
+                                      u" '{xml}...'".format(tag=tag, xml=xml[:100]))
                     else:
                         # TODO (vshnayder): We may want to enable this once course repos are cleaned up.
                         # (or we may want to give up on the requirement for non-state-relevant issues...)
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ class ImportSystem(XMLParsingSystem, MakoDescriptorSystem):
                     # doesn't store state, don't complain about things that are
                     # hashed.
                     if tag in need_uniq_names:
-                        msg = ("Non-unique url_name in xml.  This may break state tracking for content."
-                               "  url_name={0}.  Content={1}".format(url_name, xml[:100]))
+                        msg = (u"Non-unique url_name in xml.  This may break state tracking for content."
+                               u"  url_name={0}.  Content={1}".format(url_name, xml[:100]))
                         error_tracker("PROBLEM: " + msg)
                         log.warning(msg)
                         # Just set name to fallback_name--if there are multiple things with the same fallback name,
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py
index 5cd73c2e6b..b9516b8f19 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ def get_anon_ids(request, course_id):  # pylint: disable=W0613
     def csv_response(filename, header, rows):
         """Returns a CSV http response for the given header and rows (excel/utf-8)."""
         response = HttpResponse(mimetype='text/csv')
-        response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename={0}'.format(filename)
+        response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename={0}'.format(unicode(filename).encode('utf-8'))
         writer = csv.writer(response, dialect='excel', quotechar='"', quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL)
         # In practice, there should not be non-ascii data in this query,
         # but trying to do the right thing anyway.
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/legacy.py b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/legacy.py
index 5228f020f7..fd5fc59ef7 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/legacy.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/legacy.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def instructor_dashboard(request, course_id):
         """Outputs a CSV file from the contents of a datatable."""
         if file_pointer is None:
             response = HttpResponse(mimetype='text/csv')
-            response['Content-Disposition'] = 'attachment; filename={0}'.format(func)
+            response['Content-Disposition'] = (u'attachment; filename={0}'.format(func)).encode('utf-8')
         else:
             response = file_pointer
         writer = csv.writer(response, dialect='excel', quotechar='"', quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL)