diff --git a/src/zenml/constants.py b/src/zenml/constants.py
index 183b1acce1..a2fde9aaba 100644
--- a/src/zenml/constants.py
+++ b/src/zenml/constants.py
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ def handle_int_env_var(var: str, default: int = 0) -> int:
 ENV_ZENML_PIPELINE_RUN_API_TOKEN_EXPIRATION = (
     "ZENML_PIPELINE_API_TOKEN_EXPIRATION"
 )
+ENV_ZENML_ALLOW_NON_ASCII_MATERIALIZERS_DUMPS = "ZENML_ALLOW_NON_ASCII_MATERIALIZERS_DUMPS"
 
 # ZenML Server environment variables
 ENV_ZENML_SERVER_PREFIX = "ZENML_SERVER_"
diff --git a/src/zenml/utils/yaml_utils.py b/src/zenml/utils/yaml_utils.py
index 6f84832526..ccad8513db 100644
--- a/src/zenml/utils/yaml_utils.py
+++ b/src/zenml/utils/yaml_utils.py
@@ -20,9 +20,16 @@
 
 import yaml
 
+from zenml.constants import (
+    ENV_ZENML_ALLOW_NON_ASCII_MATERIALIZERS_DUMPS,
+    handle_bool_env_var,
+)
 from zenml.io import fileio
 from zenml.utils import io_utils
 
+ZENML_ALLOW_NON_ASCII_MATERIALIZERS_DUMPS = handle_bool_env_var(
+    ENV_ZENML_ALLOW_NON_ASCII_MATERIALIZERS_DUMPS, False
+)
 
 def write_yaml(
     file_path: str,
@@ -142,6 +149,7 @@ def write_json(
         file_path,
         json.dumps(
             contents,
+            ensure_ascii=not ZENML_ALLOW_NON_ASCII_MATERIALIZERS_DUMPS,
             cls=encoder,
         ),
     )