diff --git a/plugins/Web/plugin.py b/plugins/Web/plugin.py
index 191e61212..d5262f3b6 100644
--- a/plugins/Web/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Web/plugin.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 ###
 
 import re
+import sys
 import HTMLParser
 import htmlentitydefs
 
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ class Web(callbacks.PluginRegexp):
             if parser.title:
                 domain = utils.web.getDomain(url)
                 title = utils.web.htmlToText(parser.title.strip())
+                if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+                    title = title.encode('utf8', errors='replace')
                 s = format(_('Title: %s (at %s)'), title, domain)
                 irc.reply(s, prefixNick=False)
     titleSnarfer = urlSnarfer(titleSnarfer)