diff --git a/src/fprime/fbuild/cmake.py b/src/fprime/fbuild/cmake.py
index f4b66b60..1442f044 100644
--- a/src/fprime/fbuild/cmake.py
+++ b/src/fprime/fbuild/cmake.py
@@ -619,7 +619,11 @@ def _communicate(proc, stdout, stderr, print_output=True):
             for key, _ in events:
                 appendable, stream = key.data
                 try:
-                    line = key.fileobj.readline().decode().replace("\r\n", "\n")
+                    line = (
+                        key.fileobj.readline()
+                        .decode(errors="replace")
+                        .replace("\r\n", "\n")
+                    )
                 # Some systems (like running inside Docker) raise an io error instead of returning "" when the device
                 # is ended. Not sure why this is, but the effect is the same, on IOError assume end-of-input
                 except OSError: