@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ def check_output(*popenargs, timeout=None, **kwargs):
     if 'input' in kwargs and kwargs['input'] is None:
         # Explicitly passing input=None was previously equivalent to passing an
         # empty string. That is maintained here for backwards compatibility.
-        if kwargs.get('universal_newlines') or kwargs.get('text'):
+        if kwargs.get('universal_newlines') or kwargs.get('text') or kwargs.get('encoding') \
+                or kwargs.get('errors'):
             empty = ''
         else:
             empty = b''
 
@@ -238,6 +238,12 @@ def test_check_output_input_none_universal_newlines(self):
                 input=None, universal_newlines=True)
         self.assertNotIn('XX', output)
 
+    def test_check_output_input_none_encoding_errors(self):
+        output = subprocess.check_output(
+                [sys.executable, "-c", "print('foo')"],
+                input=None, encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore')
+        self.assertIn('foo', output)
+
     def test_check_output_stdout_arg(self):
         # check_output() refuses to accept 'stdout' argument
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as c:
 
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixes :exc:`AttributeError` when :meth:`subprocess.check_output` is used with argument ``input=None`` and either of the arguments *encoding* or *errors* are used.
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
	1	+ Fixes :exc:`AttributeError` when :meth:`subprocess.check_output` is used with argument ``input=None`` and either of the arguments encoding or errors are used.