diff --git a/chrome/browser/devtools/devtools_ui_bindings.cc b/chrome/browser/devtools/devtools_ui_bindings.cc
index b035e7f19410c..d8636d9106033 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/devtools/devtools_ui_bindings.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/devtools/devtools_ui_bindings.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <utility>
 
+#include "base/base64.h"
 #include "base/json/json_reader.h"
 #include "base/json/json_writer.h"
 #include "base/json/string_escape.h"
@@ -267,17 +268,21 @@ int ResponseWriter::Write(net::IOBuffer* buffer,
                           int num_bytes,
                           const net::CompletionCallback& callback) {
   std::string chunk = std::string(buffer->data(), num_bytes);
-  if (!base::IsStringUTF8(chunk))
-    return num_bytes;
+  bool encoded = false;
+  if (!base::IsStringUTF8(chunk)) {
+    encoded = true;
+    base::Base64Encode(chunk, &chunk);
+  }
 
   base::FundamentalValue* id = new base::FundamentalValue(stream_id_);
   base::StringValue* chunkValue = new base::StringValue(chunk);
+  base::FundamentalValue* encodedValue = new base::FundamentalValue(encoded);
 
   content::BrowserThread::PostTask(
       content::BrowserThread::UI, FROM_HERE,
-      base::Bind(&DevToolsUIBindings::CallClientFunction,
-                 bindings_, "DevToolsAPI.streamWrite",
-                 base::Owned(id), base::Owned(chunkValue), nullptr));
+      base::Bind(&DevToolsUIBindings::CallClientFunction, bindings_,
+                 "DevToolsAPI.streamWrite", base::Owned(id),
+                 base::Owned(chunkValue), base::Owned(encodedValue)));
   return num_bytes;
 }
 
diff --git a/third_party/WebKit/Source/devtools/front_end/devtools.js b/third_party/WebKit/Source/devtools/front_end/devtools.js
index f9c05b2c74478..1e8c833e8a0ae 100644
--- a/third_party/WebKit/Source/devtools/front_end/devtools.js
+++ b/third_party/WebKit/Source/devtools/front_end/devtools.js
@@ -302,10 +302,28 @@ DevToolsAPIImpl.prototype = {
     /**
      * @param {number} id
      * @param {string} chunk
+     * @param {boolean} encoded
      */
-    streamWrite: function(id, chunk)
+    streamWrite: function(id, chunk, encoded)
     {
-        this._dispatchOnInspectorFrontendAPI("streamWrite", [id, chunk]);
+        this._dispatchOnInspectorFrontendAPI("streamWrite", [id, encoded ? this._decodeBase64(chunk) : chunk]);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * @param {string} chunk
+     * @return {string}
+     */
+    _decodeBase64: function(chunk)
+    {
+        var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
+        request.open("GET", "data:text/plain;base64," + chunk, false);
+        request.send(null);
+        if (request.status === 200) {
+            return request.responseText;
+        } else {
+            console.error("Error while decoding chunk in streamWrite");
+            return "";
+        }
     }
 }