diff --git a/plugins/mvn/mvn.plugin.zsh b/plugins/mvn/mvn.plugin.zsh
index 799f6fc8c..0c9141907 100644
--- a/plugins/mvn/mvn.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/mvn/mvn.plugin.zsh
@@ -24,16 +24,18 @@ export RESET_FORMATTING=`tput sgr0`
 # Wrapper function for Maven's mvn command.
 mvn-color()
 {
-  # Filter mvn output using sed
-  mvn $@ | sed -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ \-.*\)/${TEXT_BLUE}${BOLD}\1/g" \
-               -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ \[.*\)/${RESET_FORMATTING}${BOLD}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
+  (
+  # Filter mvn output using sed. Before filtering set the locale to C, so invalid characters won't break some sed implementations
+  unset LANG
+  LC_CTYPE=C mvn $@ | sed -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\)\(.*\)/${TEXT_BLUE}${BOLD}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}\2/g" \
                -e "s/\(\[INFO\]\ BUILD SUCCESSFUL\)/${BOLD}${TEXT_GREEN}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(\[WARNING\].*\)/${BOLD}${TEXT_YELLOW}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
-               -e "s/\(\[ERROR\].*\)/${BOLD}${TEXT_RED}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}/g" \
+               -e "s/\(\[WARNING\]\)\(.*\)/${BOLD}${TEXT_YELLOW}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}\2/g" \
+               -e "s/\(\[ERROR\]\)\(.*\)/${BOLD}${TEXT_RED}\1${RESET_FORMATTING}\2/g" \
                -e "s/Tests run: \([^,]*\), Failures: \([^,]*\), Errors: \([^,]*\), Skipped: \([^,]*\)/${BOLD}${TEXT_GREEN}Tests run: \1${RESET_FORMATTING}, Failures: ${BOLD}${TEXT_RED}\2${RESET_FORMATTING}, Errors: ${BOLD}${TEXT_RED}\3${RESET_FORMATTING}, Skipped: ${BOLD}${TEXT_YELLOW}\4${RESET_FORMATTING}/g"
  
   # Make sure formatting is reset
   echo -ne ${RESET_FORMATTING}
+  )
 }
  
 # Override the mvn command with the colorized one.