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diff --git a/bs4/element.py b/bs4/element.py
index a0f64ba..513407c 100644
--- a/bs4/element.py
+++ b/bs4/element.py
@@ -745,9 +745,12 @@ class Tag(PageElement):
__str__ = __repr__ = __unicode__
def encode(self, encoding=DEFAULT_OUTPUT_ENCODING,
- indent_level=None, formatter="minimal"):
- return self.decode(indent_level, encoding,
- formatter).encode(encoding)
+ indent_level=None, formatter="minimal",
+ errors="xmlcharrefreplace"):
+ # Turn the data structure into Unicode, then encode the
+ # Unicode.
+ u = self.decode(indent_level, encoding, formatter)
+ return u.encode(encoding, errors=errors)
def decode(self, indent_level=None,
eventual_encoding=DEFAULT_OUTPUT_ENCODING,