diff --git a/psutil/_psutil_bsd.c b/psutil/_psutil_bsd.c
index 71a323873..a3c3d56a8 100644
--- a/psutil/_psutil_bsd.c
+++ b/psutil/_psutil_bsd.c
@@ -791,6 +791,9 @@ psutil_net_io_counters(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
 static PyObject *
 psutil_users(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     PyObject *py_retlist = PyList_New(0);
+    PyObject *py_username = NULL;
+    PyObject *py_tty = NULL;
+    PyObject *py_hostname = NULL;
     PyObject *py_tuple = NULL;
 
     if (py_retlist == NULL)
@@ -809,12 +812,21 @@ psutil_users(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     while (fread(&ut, sizeof(ut), 1, fp) == 1) {
         if (*ut.ut_name == '\0')
             continue;
+        py_username = psutil_PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(ut.ut_name);
+        if (! py_username)
+            goto error;
+        py_tty = psutil_PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(ut.ut_line);
+        if (! py_tty)
+            goto error;
+        py_hostname = psutil_PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(ut.ut_host);
+        if (! py_hostname)
+            goto error;
         py_tuple = Py_BuildValue(
-            "(sssfi)",
-            ut.ut_name,         // username
-            ut.ut_line,         // tty
-            ut.ut_host,         // hostname
-           (float)ut.ut_time,   // start time
+            "(OOOfi)",
+            py_username,        // username
+            py_tty,             // tty
+            py_hostname,        // hostname
+            (float)ut.ut_time,  // start time
             ut.ut_pid           // process id
         );
         if (!py_tuple) {
@@ -825,22 +837,33 @@ psutil_users(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
             fclose(fp);
             goto error;
         }
+        Py_DECREF(py_username);
+        Py_DECREF(py_tty);
+        Py_DECREF(py_hostname);
         Py_DECREF(py_tuple);
     }
 
     fclose(fp);
 #else
     struct utmpx *utx;
-
     setutxent();
     while ((utx = getutxent()) != NULL) {
         if (utx->ut_type != USER_PROCESS)
             continue;
+        py_username = psutil_PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(utx->ut_user);
+        if (! py_username)
+            goto error;
+        py_tty = psutil_PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(utx->ut_line);
+        if (! py_tty)
+            goto error;
+        py_hostname = psutil_PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(utx->ut_host);
+        if (! py_hostname)
+            goto error;
         py_tuple = Py_BuildValue(
-            "(sssfi)",
-            utx->ut_user,  // username
-            utx->ut_line,  // tty
-            utx->ut_host,  // hostname
+            "(OOOfi)",
+            py_username,   // username
+            py_tty,        // tty
+            py_hostname,   // hostname
             (float)utx->ut_tv.tv_sec,  // start time
             utx->ut_pid  // process id
         );
@@ -853,6 +876,9 @@ psutil_users(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
             endutxent();
             goto error;
         }
+        Py_DECREF(py_username);
+        Py_DECREF(py_tty);
+        Py_DECREF(py_hostname);
         Py_DECREF(py_tuple);
     }
 
@@ -861,6 +887,9 @@ psutil_users(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     return py_retlist;
 
 error:
+    Py_XDECREF(py_username);
+    Py_XDECREF(py_tty);
+    Py_XDECREF(py_hostname);
     Py_XDECREF(py_tuple);
     Py_DECREF(py_retlist);
     return NULL;