diff --git a/networking/udhcp/dumpleases.c b/networking/udhcp/dumpleases.c
index cbf9f587a..017c801e6 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/dumpleases.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/dumpleases.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "dhcpd.h"
+#include "unicode.h"
 
 #if BB_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 static inline uint64_t hton64(uint64_t v)
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ int dumpleases_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
 	applet_long_options = dumpleases_longopts;
 #endif
+	check_unicode_in_env();
+
 	opt_complementary = "=0:a--r:r--a";
 	opt = getopt32(argv, "arf:", &file);
 
@@ -67,7 +70,12 @@ int dumpleases_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 		addr.s_addr = lease.lease_nip;
 		/* actually, 15+1 and 19+1, +1 is a space between columns */
 		/* lease.hostname is char[20] and is always NUL terminated */
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_ASSUME_UNICODE
+		printf(" %-16s%s%*s", inet_ntoa(addr), lease.hostname,
+			20 - (int)bb_mbstrlen(lease.hostname), "");
+#else
 		printf(" %-16s%-20s", inet_ntoa(addr), lease.hostname);
+#endif
 		expires_abs = ntohl(lease.expires) + written_at;
 		if (expires_abs <= curr) {
 			puts("expired");