diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 903aca92..052865b7 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@
 - Tobias Sauerwein <cgtobi@gmail.com>
 - Alli Witheford <alzeih@gmail.com>
 - Alexandre Petitjean <alpetitjean@gmail.com>
+- Pavol Babincak <scroolik@gmail.com>
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index b95b6e00..2a05801a 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ v0.15.0 (UNRELEASED)
 - Added support for viusalization. :confval:`audio/visualizer` can now be set
   to GStreamer visualizers.
 
+- Properly encode localised mixer names before logging.
+
 **Local backend**
 
 - An album's number of discs and a track's disc number are now extracted when
diff --git a/mopidy/audio/actor.py b/mopidy/audio/actor.py
index c11d79b3..6a1d7f6b 100644
--- a/mopidy/audio/actor.py
+++ b/mopidy/audio/actor.py
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ class Audio(pykka.ThreadingActor):
             self._mixer_track.min_volume, self._mixer_track.max_volume)
         logger.info(
             'Audio mixer set to "%s" using track "%s"',
-            mixer.get_factory().get_name(), track.label)
+            str(mixer.get_factory().get_name()).decode('utf-8'),
+            str(track.label).decode('utf-8'))
 
     def _select_mixer_track(self, mixer, track_label):
         # Ignore tracks without volumes, then look for track with