diff --git a/SOURCES/bz1854310-fence_vmware_rest-1-fix-encoding.patch b/SOURCES/bz1854310-fence_vmware_rest-1-fix-encoding.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c215ab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/bz1854310-fence_vmware_rest-1-fix-encoding.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 06cba4aa30322f410b0b2fec5785be39d0953433 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:21:54 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] fence_vmware_rest: fix encoding to avoid issues with UTF-8
+ encoded comments
+
+---
+ agents/vmware_rest/fence_vmware_rest.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/agents/vmware_rest/fence_vmware_rest.py b/agents/vmware_rest/fence_vmware_rest.py
+index cd99b4ac..d07bc10d 100644
+--- a/agents/vmware_rest/fence_vmware_rest.py
++++ b/agents/vmware_rest/fence_vmware_rest.py
+@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def send_command(conn, command, method="GET"):
+ 		raise Exception(e[1])
+ 
+ 	rc = conn.getinfo(pycurl.HTTP_CODE)
+-	result = web_buffer.getvalue().decode()
++	result = web_buffer.getvalue().decode("UTF-8")
+ 
+ 	web_buffer.close()
+ 
diff --git a/SOURCES/bz1854310-fence_vmware_rest-2-support-utf-8-vm-names.patch b/SOURCES/bz1854310-fence_vmware_rest-2-support-utf-8-vm-names.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18f1569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/bz1854310-fence_vmware_rest-2-support-utf-8-vm-names.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- a/agents/vmware_rest/fence_vmware_rest.py	2020-07-03 15:09:59.307198567 +0200
++++ b/agents/vmware_rest/fence_vmware_rest.py	2020-07-03 15:09:52.331210984 +0200
+@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
+ from fencing import *
+ from fencing import fail, run_delay, EC_LOGIN_DENIED, EC_STATUS
+ 
++if sys.version_info[0] > 2: import urllib.parse as urllib
++else: import urllib
++
+ state = {"POWERED_ON": "on", 'POWERED_OFF': "off"}
+ 
+ def get_power_status(conn, options):
+-	res = send_command(conn, "vcenter/vm?filter.names={}".format(options["--plug"]))["value"]
++	res = send_command(conn, "vcenter/vm?filter.names={}".format(urllib.quote(options["--plug"])))["value"]
+ 
+ 	if len(res) == 0:
+ 		fail(EC_STATUS)
+@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@
+ 	res = send_command(conn, "vcenter/vm")
+ 
+ 	for r in res["value"]:
+-		outlets[r["name"]] = ("", state[r["power_state"]])
++		outlets[r["name"].encode("UTF-8")] = ("", state[r["power_state"]])
+ 
+ 	return outlets
+ 
diff --git a/SPECS/fence-agents.spec b/SPECS/fence-agents.spec
index 134e3a2..a35e205 100644
--- a/SPECS/fence-agents.spec
+++ b/SPECS/fence-agents.spec
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 Name: fence-agents
 Summary: Fence Agents for Red Hat Cluster
 Version: 4.2.1
-Release: 30%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dist}.1
+Release: 30%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dist}.2
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: https://github.com/ClusterLabs/fence-agents
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ Patch38: bz1722004-1-fencing-inetX_only-SSH-fence_zvmip.patch
 Patch39: bz1722004-2-fence_redfish-fence_vmware_soap-suppress-warning.patch
 Patch40: bz1834193-1-fence_aws-improve-parameter-logic.patch
 Patch41: bz1834193-2-fence_aws-fix-race-condition.patch
+Patch42: bz1854310-fence_vmware_rest-1-fix-encoding.patch
+Patch43: bz1854310-fence_vmware_rest-2-support-utf-8-vm-names.patch
 # bundle patches
 Patch1000: bz1568753-4-fence_gce-bundled-libs.patch
 Patch1001: bz1568753-5-%{oauth2client}-docs-build-fix.patch
@@ -215,6 +217,8 @@ BuildRequires:  python-six >= 1.6.1
 %patch39 -p1
 %patch40 -p1
 %patch41 -p1
+%patch42 -p1
+%patch43 -p1
 
 %ifarch x86_64
 # bundles
@@ -1176,6 +1180,10 @@ The fence-agents-zvm package contains a fence agent for z/VM hypervisors
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul  7 2020 Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com> - 4.2.1-30.2
+- fence_vmware_rest: fix encoding issues
+  Resolves: rhbz#1854310
+
 * Tue May 12 2020 Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com> - 4.2.1-30.1
 - fence_aws: fix possible race condition
   Resolves: rhbz#1834193