diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa4baed2f..4dc1e0f70 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Fixed
+ - Substitute invalid UTF-8 in JSON error renderer output (#811)
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/Slim/Error/Renderers/JsonErrorRenderer.php b/Slim/Error/Renderers/JsonErrorRenderer.php
index 06085d2e5..4902c8a61 100644
--- a/Slim/Error/Renderers/JsonErrorRenderer.php
+++ b/Slim/Error/Renderers/JsonErrorRenderer.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use function get_class;
 use function json_encode;
 
+use const JSON_INVALID_UTF8_SUBSTITUTE;
 use const JSON_PRETTY_PRINT;
 use const JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES;
 
@@ -35,7 +36,10 @@ public function __invoke(Throwable $exception, bool $displayErrorDetails): strin
             } while ($exception = $exception->getPrevious());
         }
 
-        return (string) json_encode($error, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
+        return (string) json_encode(
+            $error,
+            JSON_INVALID_UTF8_SUBSTITUTE | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES
+        );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Error/AbstractErrorRendererTest.php b/tests/Error/AbstractErrorRendererTest.php
index f47fee4c8..aa9e1dfd3 100644
--- a/tests/Error/AbstractErrorRendererTest.php
+++ b/tests/Error/AbstractErrorRendererTest.php
@@ -163,6 +163,23 @@ public function testJSONErrorRendererDoesNotDisplayErrorDetails()
         $this->assertSame($output, json_encode(['message' => 'Slim Application Error']));
     }
 
+    public function testJSONErrorRendererSubstitutesInvalidUtf8()
+    {
+        $exception = new Exception("Invalid \xB1\x31 UTF-8 sequence");
+
+        $renderer = new JsonErrorRenderer();
+        $output = $renderer->__invoke($exception, true);
+
+        $this->assertNotSame('', $output);
+        $decoded = json_decode($output, true);
+        $this->assertIsArray($decoded);
+        $this->assertSame('Slim Application Error', $decoded['message']);
+        $this->assertSame(
+            "Invalid \u{FFFD}1 UTF-8 sequence",
+            $decoded['exception'][0]['message']
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testJSONErrorRendererDisplaysPreviousError()
     {
         $previousException = new Exception('Oh no!');