diff --git a/bin/Lib/PABCSystem.pas b/bin/Lib/PABCSystem.pas
index a298298e7..4864a4a54 100644
--- a/bin/Lib/PABCSystem.pas
+++ b/bin/Lib/PABCSystem.pas
@@ -14068,7 +14068,8 @@ procedure __InitModule;
 begin
   try
     DefaultEncoding := Encoding.GetEncoding(1251);
-    System.Console.OutputEncoding := Encoding.UTF8;
+    if (System.Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major >= 6) and (System.Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor >= 2) then
+      System.Console.OutputEncoding := Encoding.UTF8;
   except
     DefaultEncoding := Encoding.UTF8;
   end;