diff --git a/lib/py/src/ext/binary.h b/lib/py/src/ext/binary.h
index dd7750b49a..9ccc87bc53 100644
--- a/lib/py/src/ext/binary.h
+++ b/lib/py/src/ext/binary.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class BinaryProtocol : public ProtocolBase<BinaryProtocol> {
     return encodeValue(value, parsedspec.type, parsedspec.typeargs);
   }
 
-  void writeUuid(char* value) {
+  void writeUuid(const char* value) {
     writeBuffer(value, 16);
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/py/src/ext/compact.h b/lib/py/src/ext/compact.h
index 0d8946b344..7f9c017ebd 100644
--- a/lib/py/src/ext/compact.h
+++ b/lib/py/src/ext/compact.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class CompactProtocol : public ProtocolBase<CompactProtocol> {
 
   void writeFieldStop() { writeByte(0); }
 
-  void writeUuid(char* value) {
+  void writeUuid(const char* value) {
     writeBuffer(value, 16);
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.h b/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.h
index 20911c8972..2e73723952 100644
--- a/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.h
+++ b/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class ProtocolBase {
     return true;
   }
 
-  bool writeBuffer(char* data, size_t len);
+  bool writeBuffer(const char* data, size_t len);
 
   void writeByte(uint8_t val) { writeBuffer(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&val), 1); }
 
diff --git a/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.tcc b/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.tcc
index 448fc6f105..b09fe57424 100644
--- a/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.tcc
+++ b/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.tcc
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ PyObject* ProtocolBase<Impl>::getEncodedValue() {
 }
 
 template <typename Impl>
-inline bool ProtocolBase<Impl>::writeBuffer(char* data, size_t size) {
+inline bool ProtocolBase<Impl>::writeBuffer(const char* data, size_t size) {
   if (!PycStringIO) {
     PycString_IMPORT;
   }
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ PyObject* ProtocolBase<Impl>::getEncodedValue() {
 }
 
 template <typename Impl>
-inline bool ProtocolBase<Impl>::writeBuffer(char* data, size_t size) {
+inline bool ProtocolBase<Impl>::writeBuffer(const char* data, size_t size) {
   size_t need = size + output_->pos;
   if (output_->buf.capacity() < need) {
     try {
@@ -456,18 +456,32 @@ bool ProtocolBase<Impl>::encodeValue(PyObject* value, TType type, PyObject* type
 
   case T_STRING: {
     ScopedPyObject nval;
+    Py_ssize_t len;
 
     if (PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03030000
+      const char* str = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(value, &len);
+      if (!str) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (!detail::check_ssize_t_32(len)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      impl()->writeI32(static_cast<int32_t>(len));
+      return writeBuffer(str, static_cast<size_t>(len));
+#else
       nval.reset(PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(value));
       if (!nval) {
         return false;
       }
+#endif
     } else {
       Py_INCREF(value);
       nval.reset(value);
     }
 
-    Py_ssize_t len = PyBytes_Size(nval.get());
+    len = PyBytes_Size(nval.get());
     if (!detail::check_ssize_t_32(len)) {
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/lib/py/test/thrift_TBinaryProtocol.py b/lib/py/test/thrift_TBinaryProtocol.py
index d4269eb617..b7e9b62399 100644
--- a/lib/py/test/thrift_TBinaryProtocol.py
+++ b/lib/py/test/thrift_TBinaryProtocol.py
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 import uuid
 
 import _import_local_thrift  # noqa
+from thrift.Thrift import TApplicationException
 from thrift.protocol.TBinaryProtocol import TBinaryProtocol
+from thrift.protocol.TBinaryProtocol import TBinaryProtocolAcceleratedFactory
 from thrift.protocol.TProtocol import TProtocolException
 from thrift.transport import TTransport
 
@@ -167,6 +169,16 @@ def testField(type, data):
     protocol.readStructEnd()
 
 
+APPLICATION_EXCEPTION_TYPEARGS = [
+    TApplicationException,
+    (
+        None,
+        (1, 11, "message", "UTF8", None),
+        (2, 8, "type", None, None),
+    ),
+]
+
+
 def testMessage(data, strict=True):
     message = {}
     message['name'] = data[0]
@@ -196,6 +208,13 @@ def testMessage(data, strict=True):
 
 class TestTBinaryProtocol(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def setUp(self):
+        try:
+            from thrift.protocol import fastbinary  # noqa: F401
+            self._has_fastbinary = True
+        except ImportError:
+            self._has_fastbinary = False
+
     def test_TBinaryProtocol_write_read(self):
         try:
             testNaked('Byte', 123)
@@ -280,6 +299,26 @@ def test_TBinaryProtocol_write_read(self):
             print("Assertion fail")
             raise e
 
+    def test_accelerated_utf8_roundtrip_on_application_exception(self):
+        if not self._has_fastbinary:
+            self.skipTest("C extension not available")
+
+        original = TApplicationException(
+            type=TApplicationException.PROTOCOL_ERROR,
+            message=("snowman-\u2603-rocket-\U0001F680-" * 32),
+        )
+
+        otrans = TTransport.TMemoryBuffer()
+        oproto = TBinaryProtocolAcceleratedFactory(fallback=False).getProtocol(otrans)
+        oproto.trans.write(oproto._fast_encode(original, APPLICATION_EXCEPTION_TYPEARGS))
+
+        itrans = TTransport.TMemoryBuffer(otrans.getvalue())
+        iproto = TBinaryProtocolAcceleratedFactory(fallback=False).getProtocol(itrans)
+        decoded = iproto._fast_decode(None, iproto, APPLICATION_EXCEPTION_TYPEARGS)
+
+        self.assertEqual(decoded.message, original.message)
+        self.assertEqual(decoded.type, original.type)
+
     def test_TBinaryProtocol_no_strict_write_read(self):
         TMessageType = {"T_CALL": 1, "T_REPLY": 2, "T_EXCEPTION": 3, "T_ONEWAY": 4}
         test_data = [("short message name", TMessageType['T_CALL'], 0),