diff --git a/beetsplug/chroma.py b/beetsplug/chroma.py
index cd0a77593..574729560 100644
--- a/beetsplug/chroma.py
+++ b/beetsplug/chroma.py
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def fingerprint_item(log, item, write=False):
         log.info(u'{0}: fingerprinting',
                  util.displayable_path(item.path))
         try:
-            _, fp = acoustid.fingerprint_file(item.path)
+            _, fp = acoustid.fingerprint_file(util.syspath(item.path))
             item.acoustid_fingerprint = fp
             if write:
                 log.info(u'{0}: writing fingerprint',
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 5e0391f22..2e4f1be54 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ Fixes:
   resulting in unnecessary writes. This most prominently affected the
   :doc:`/plugins/edit` when saving the text file without making changes to some
   music. :bug:`2667`
+* :doc:`/plugins/chroma`: Fix a crash when running the ``submit`` command on
+  Python 3 on Windows with non-ASCII filenames. :bug:`2671`
 
 For developers: