diff --git a/main/php_variables.c b/main/php_variables.c
index 312c22ef07db7..6a8ff5e1f0910 100644
--- a/main/php_variables.c
+++ b/main/php_variables.c
@@ -571,11 +571,15 @@ void _php_import_environment_variables(zval *array_ptr)
 		import_environment_variable(Z_ARRVAL_P(array_ptr), *env);
 	}
 #else
-	char *environment = GetEnvironmentStringsA();
-	for (char *env = environment; env != NULL && *env; env += strlen(env) + 1) {
-		import_environment_variable(Z_ARRVAL_P(array_ptr), env);
+	wchar_t *environmentw = GetEnvironmentStringsW();
+	for (wchar_t *envw = environmentw; envw != NULL && *envw; envw += wcslen(envw) + 1) {
+		char *env = php_win32_cp_w_to_any(envw);
+		if (env != NULL) {
+			import_environment_variable(Z_ARRVAL_P(array_ptr), env);
+			free(env);
+		}
 	}
-	FreeEnvironmentStringsA(environment);
+	FreeEnvironmentStringsW(environmentw);
 #endif
 
 	tsrm_env_unlock();
diff --git a/tests/basic/gh7896.phpt b/tests/basic/gh7896.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2ad2958d1cd9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basic/gh7896.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-7896 (Environment vars may be mangled on Windows)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (PHP_OS_FAMILY !== "Windows") die("skip for Windows only");
+?>
+--ENV--
+FÖÖ=GüИter传
+--FILE--
+<?php
+var_dump(
+    $_SERVER['FÖÖ'],
+    $_ENV['FÖÖ'],
+    getenv('FÖÖ')
+);
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+string(11) "GüИter传"
+string(11) "GüИter传"
+string(11) "GüИter传"