2 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/renderers.py b/rest_framework/renderers.py
index 7a7da561..484961ad 100644
--- a/rest_framework/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/renderers.py
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ class YAMLRenderer(BaseRenderer):
     format = 'yaml'
     encoder = encoders.SafeDumper
     charset = 'utf-8'
+    ensure_ascii = True
 
     def render(self, data, accepted_media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
         """
@@ -203,7 +204,15 @@ class YAMLRenderer(BaseRenderer):
         if data is None:
             return ''
 
-        return yaml.dump(data, stream=None, encoding=self.charset, Dumper=self.encoder)
+        return yaml.dump(data, stream=None, encoding=self.charset, Dumper=self.encoder, allow_unicode=not self.ensure_ascii)
+
+
+class UnicodeYAMLRenderer(YAMLRenderer):
+    """
+    Renderer which serializes to YAML.
+    Does *not* apply character escaping for non-ascii characters.
+    """
+    ensure_ascii = False
 
 
 class TemplateHTMLRenderer(BaseRenderer):
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_renderers.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_renderers.py
index c7bf772e..7cb7d0f9 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_renderers.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from rest_framework.compat import yaml, etree, patterns, url, include, six, Stri
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from rest_framework.renderers import BaseRenderer, JSONRenderer, YAMLRenderer, \
-    XMLRenderer, JSONPRenderer, BrowsableAPIRenderer, UnicodeJSONRenderer
+    XMLRenderer, JSONPRenderer, BrowsableAPIRenderer, UnicodeJSONRenderer, UnicodeYAMLRenderer
 from rest_framework.parsers import YAMLParser, XMLParser
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
@@ -467,6 +467,17 @@ if yaml:
             self.assertTrue(string in content, '%r not in %r' % (string, content))
 
 
+    class UnicodeYAMLRendererTests(TestCase):
+        """
+        Tests specific for the Unicode YAML Renderer
+        """
+        def test_proper_encoding(self):
+            obj = {'countries': ['United Kingdom', 'France', 'España']}
+            renderer = UnicodeYAMLRenderer()
+            content = renderer.render(obj, 'application/yaml')
+            self.assertEqual(content.strip(), 'countries: [United Kingdom, France, España]'.encode('utf-8'))
+
+
 class XMLRendererTestCase(TestCase):
     """
     Tests specific to the XML Renderer