diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/amazon.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/amazon.py
index 6646d8c59c..2d9870e745 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/amazon.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/amazon.py
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ class Worker(Thread):  # Get details {{{
             return
 
         oraw = raw
+        if 'amazon.com.br' in self.url:
+            raw = raw.decode('utf-8')  # amazon.com.br serves utf-8 but has an incorrect latin1 <meta> tag
         raw = xml_to_unicode(raw, strip_encoding_pats=True,
                 resolve_entities=True)[0]
         if '<title>404 - ' in raw: