src/tool_operate.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tool_operate.c b/src/tool_operate.c
index 2309495d8..2c494e63f 100644
--- a/src/tool_operate.c
+++ b/src/tool_operate.c
@@ -3017,11 +3017,15 @@ static CURLcode cacertpaths(struct OperationConfig *config)
 #ifdef _WIN32
   if(!env) {
 #if defined(CURL_CA_SEARCH_SAFE)
-    char *cacert = NULL;
-    FILE *cafile = Curl_execpath("curl-ca-bundle.crt", &cacert);
+    TCHAR *cacert = NULL;
+    FILE *cafile = Curl_execpath(TEXT("curl-ca-bundle.crt"), &cacert);
     if(cafile) {
       fclose(cafile);
+#ifdef UNICODE
+      config->cacert = curlx_convert_wchar_to_UTF8(cacert);
+#else
       config->cacert = strdup(cacert);
+#endif
     }
 #elif !defined(CURL_WINDOWS_UWP) && !defined(CURL_DISABLE_CA_SEARCH)
     result = FindWin32CACert(config, TEXT("curl-ca-bundle.crt"));