diff --git a/services-core/src/main/java/com/mapbox/core/utils/ApiCallHelper.java b/services-core/src/main/java/com/mapbox/core/utils/ApiCallHelper.java
index fe788af10..a4ead79ef 100644
--- a/services-core/src/main/java/com/mapbox/core/utils/ApiCallHelper.java
+++ b/services-core/src/main/java/com/mapbox/core/utils/ApiCallHelper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.mapbox.core.utils;
 
+import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 import com.mapbox.core.constants.Constants;
 
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@
  */
 public final class ApiCallHelper {
 
+  private static final String ONLY_PRINTABLE_CHARS = "[^\\p{ASCII}]";
+
   private ApiCallHelper() {
     // Private constructor preventing instances of class
   }
@@ -32,10 +35,31 @@ public static String getHeaderUserAgent(@Nullable String clientAppName) {
     if (TextUtils.isEmpty(osName) || TextUtils.isEmpty(osVersion) || TextUtils.isEmpty(osArch)) {
       return Constants.HEADER_USER_AGENT;
     } else {
+      return getHeaderUserAgent(clientAppName, osName, osVersion, osArch);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Computes a full user agent header of the form:
+   * {@code MapboxJava/1.2.0 Mac OS X/10.11.5 (x86_64)}.
+   *
+   * @param clientAppName Application Name
+   * @param osName OS name
+   * @param osVersion OS version
+   * @param osArch OS Achitecture
+   * @return {@link String} representing the header user agent
+   * @since 1.0.0
+   */
+  public static String getHeaderUserAgent(@Nullable String clientAppName,
+                                           @NonNull String osName, @NonNull String osVersion, @NonNull String osArch) {
+
+      osName = osName.replaceAll(ONLY_PRINTABLE_CHARS, "");
+      osVersion = osVersion.replaceAll(ONLY_PRINTABLE_CHARS, "");
+      osArch = osArch.replaceAll(ONLY_PRINTABLE_CHARS, "");
       String baseUa = String.format(
         Locale.US, "%s %s/%s (%s)", Constants.HEADER_USER_AGENT, osName, osVersion, osArch);
+
       return TextUtils.isEmpty(clientAppName) ? baseUa : String.format(Locale.US, "%s %s",
         clientAppName, baseUa);
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/services-core/src/test/java/com/mapbox/core/utils/ApiCallHelperTest.java b/services-core/src/test/java/com/mapbox/core/utils/ApiCallHelperTest.java
index d8735a6b9..34dd62722 100644
--- a/services-core/src/test/java/com/mapbox/core/utils/ApiCallHelperTest.java
+++ b/services-core/src/test/java/com/mapbox/core/utils/ApiCallHelperTest.java
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 package com.mapbox.core.utils;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import com.mapbox.core.constants.Constants;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 public class ApiCallHelperTest {
 
   @Test
@@ -14,4 +20,22 @@ public void getHeaderUserAgent_formatsStringCorrectly() throws Exception {
     assertTrue(ApiCallHelper.getHeaderUserAgent(
       "AppName").startsWith("AppName"));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getHeaderUserAgent_nonAsciiCharsRemoved() {
+
+    String osName = "os.name";
+    String osVersion = "os.version";
+    String osArch = "os.arch";
+
+    String userAgent = String.format(
+      Locale.US, "%s %s/%s (%s)", Constants.HEADER_USER_AGENT, osName, osVersion, osArch);
+
+    String userAgentWithExtraChars = ApiCallHelper.getHeaderUserAgent(null,
+      osName + '\u00A9', // copyright
+      osVersion + '\u00AE', // Registered Sign
+      osArch + '\u2122'); // TM
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(userAgent, userAgentWithExtraChars);
+  }
 }