diff --git a/lib/fog/aws.rb b/lib/fog/aws.rb
index 4938878df5..30ed084769 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws.rb
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ def self.escape(string)
       string = begin
                  Unicode::normalize_C(string)
                rescue
+                 Fog::Logger.warning("Fog::AWS string escaping will not normalize Unicode characters on JRuby, pending a fix for issue #2279")
                  string
                end