diff --git a/agent/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/agent/AgentBootstrap.java b/agent/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/agent/AgentBootstrap.java
index ddf9923b3..8cc68d96c 100644
--- a/agent/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/agent/AgentBootstrap.java
+++ b/agent/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/agent/AgentBootstrap.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.io.*;
 import java.lang.instrument.Instrumentation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 
 /**
@@ -92,10 +93,11 @@ public class AgentBootstrap {
         Spy.initForAgentLauncher(classLoader, onBefore, onReturn, onThrows, beforeInvoke, afterInvoke, throwInvoke, reset);
     }
 
-    private static synchronized void main(final String args, final Instrumentation inst) {
+    private static synchronized void main(String args, final Instrumentation inst) {
         try {
             ps.println("Arthas server agent start...");
             // 传递的args参数分两个部分:agentJar路径和agentArgs, 分别是Agent的JAR包路径和期望传递到服务端的参数
+            args = decodeArg(args);
             int index = args.indexOf(';');
             String agentJar = args.substring(0, index);
             final String agentArgs = args.substring(index, args.length());
@@ -172,4 +174,12 @@ public class AgentBootstrap {
         }
         ps.println("Arthas server already bind.");
     }
+
+    private static String decodeArg(String arg) {
+        try {
+            return URLDecoder.decode(arg, "utf-8");
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            return arg;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java b/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java
index 59b99a4e9..fff39bd3a 100644
--- a/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java
+++ b/boot/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/boot/Bootstrap.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.security.CodeSource;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -340,6 +341,8 @@ public class Bootstrap {
             if (codeSource != null) {
                 String bootJarPath = codeSource.getLocation().getFile();
                 try {
+                    //convert unicode path to normal path
+                    bootJarPath = URLDecoder.decode(bootJarPath, "utf-8");
                     verifyArthasHome(new File(bootJarPath).getParent());
                     arthasHomeDir = new File(bootJarPath).getParentFile();
                 } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/Arthas.java b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/Arthas.java
index 83a5ef4fd..049e84302 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/Arthas.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/taobao/arthas/core/Arthas.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import com.taobao.middleware.cli.CommandLine;
 import com.taobao.middleware.cli.Option;
 import com.taobao.middleware.cli.TypedOption;
 
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
@@ -85,8 +87,12 @@ public class Arthas {
                 }
             }
 
-            virtualMachine.loadAgent(configure.getArthasAgent(),
-                            configure.getArthasCore() + ";" + configure.toString());
+            String arthasAgentPath = configure.getArthasAgent();
+            //convert jar path to unicode string
+            configure.setArthasAgent(encodeArg(arthasAgentPath));
+            configure.setArthasCore(encodeArg(configure.getArthasCore()));
+            virtualMachine.loadAgent(arthasAgentPath,
+                    configure.getArthasCore() + ";" + configure.toString());
         } finally {
             if (null != virtualMachine) {
                 virtualMachine.detach();
@@ -94,6 +100,13 @@ public class Arthas {
         }
     }
 
+    private static String encodeArg(String arg) {
+        try {
+            return URLEncoder.encode(arg, "utf-8");
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            return arg;
+        }
+    }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         try {