;;; Code:
 
+(require 'mm-util)
 (require 'mm-view)
 (require 'mm-decode)
 (require 'cl)
                                   ,@(when process-crypto '("--decrypt"))
                                   ,(notmuch-id-to-query (plist-get msg :id))))
                           (coding-system-for-read
-                           (if binaryp 'no-conversion 'utf-8)))
+                           (if binaryp 'no-conversion
+                             (let ((coding-system (mm-charset-to-coding-system
+                                                   (plist-get part :content-charset))))
+                               ;; Sadly,
+                               ;; `mm-charset-to-coding-system' seems
+                               ;; to return things that are not
+                               ;; considered acceptable values for
+                               ;; `coding-system-for-read'.
+                               (if (coding-system-p coding-system)
+                                   coding-system
+                                 ;; RFC 2047 says that the default
+                                 ;; charset is US-ASCII. RFC6657
+                                 ;; complicates this somewhat.
+                                 'us-ascii)))))
                       (apply #'call-process notmuch-command nil '(t nil) nil args)
                       (buffer-string))))))
     (when (and cache data)