diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index ef7159968b..2751cae131 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2622,7 +2622,7 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 			continue;
 		}
 		fill_print_name(file);
-		len = strlen(file->print_name);
+		len = utf8_strwidth(file->print_name);
 		if (max_len < len)
 			max_len = len;
 
@@ -2736,7 +2736,7 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 		char *name = file->print_name;
 		uintmax_t added = file->added;
 		uintmax_t deleted = file->deleted;
-		int name_len;
+		int name_len, padding;
 
 		if (!file->is_interesting && (added + deleted == 0))
 			continue;
@@ -2745,7 +2745,7 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 		 * "scale" the filename
 		 */
 		len = name_width;
-		name_len = strlen(name);
+		name_len = utf8_strwidth(name);
 		if (name_width < name_len) {
 			char *slash;
 			prefix = "...";
@@ -2755,10 +2755,14 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 			if (slash)
 				name = slash;
 		}
+		padding = len - utf8_strwidth(name);
+		if (padding < 0)
+			padding = 0;
 
 		if (file->is_binary) {
-			strbuf_addf(&out, " %s%-*s |", prefix, len, name);
-			strbuf_addf(&out, " %*s", number_width, "Bin");
+			strbuf_addf(&out, " %s%s%*s | %*s",
+				    prefix, name, padding, "",
+				    number_width, "Bin");
 			if (!added && !deleted) {
 				strbuf_addch(&out, '\n');
 				emit_diff_symbol(options, DIFF_SYMBOL_STATS_LINE,
@@ -2778,8 +2782,9 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 			continue;
 		}
 		else if (file->is_unmerged) {
-			strbuf_addf(&out, " %s%-*s |", prefix, len, name);
-			strbuf_addstr(&out, " Unmerged\n");
+			strbuf_addf(&out, " %s%s%*s | %*s",
+				    prefix, name, padding, "",
+				    number_width, "Unmerged");
 			emit_diff_symbol(options, DIFF_SYMBOL_STATS_LINE,
 					 out.buf, out.len, 0);
 			strbuf_reset(&out);
@@ -2805,10 +2810,10 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 				add = total - del;
 			}
 		}
-		strbuf_addf(&out, " %s%-*s |", prefix, len, name);
-		strbuf_addf(&out, " %*"PRIuMAX"%s",
-			number_width, added + deleted,
-			added + deleted ? " " : "");
+		strbuf_addf(&out, " %s%s%*s | %*"PRIuMAX"%s",
+			    prefix, name, padding, "",
+			    number_width, added + deleted,
+			    added + deleted ? " " : "");
 		show_graph(&out, '+', add, add_c, reset);
 		show_graph(&out, '-', del, del_c, reset);
 		strbuf_addch(&out, '\n');
diff --git a/t/t4012-diff-binary.sh b/t/t4012-diff-binary.sh
index c509143c81..c64d9d2f40 100755
--- a/t/t4012-diff-binary.sh
+++ b/t/t4012-diff-binary.sh
@@ -113,20 +113,20 @@ test_expect_success 'diff --no-index with binary creation' '
 '
 
 cat >expect <<EOF
- binfile  |   Bin 0 -> 1026 bytes
- textfile | 10000 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ binfilë  |   Bin 0 -> 1026 bytes
+ tëxtfilë | 10000 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'diff --stat with binary files and big change count' '
-	printf "\01\00%1024d" 1 >binfile &&
-	git add binfile &&
+	printf "\01\00%1024d" 1 >binfilë &&
+	git add binfilë &&
 	i=0 &&
 	while test $i -lt 10000; do
 		echo $i &&
 		i=$(($i + 1)) || return 1
-	done >textfile &&
-	git add textfile &&
-	git diff --cached --stat binfile textfile >output &&
+	done >tëxtfilë &&
+	git add tëxtfilë &&
+	git -c core.quotepath=false diff --cached --stat binfilë tëxtfilë >output &&
 	grep " | " output >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '