diff --git a/.changeset/fix-fileblob-utf8-stream.md b/.changeset/fix-fileblob-utf8-stream.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4cfd2fc73f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-fileblob-utf8-stream.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@vercel/build-utils': patch
+---
+
+Preserve 4-byte UTF-8 characters when streaming string `FileBlob` contents (fixes Edge Function corruption during `vercel build`).
diff --git a/packages/build-utils/src/file-blob.ts b/packages/build-utils/src/file-blob.ts
index dfc6509511b0..20f8496e3612 100644
--- a/packages/build-utils/src/file-blob.ts
+++ b/packages/build-utils/src/file-blob.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ export default class FileBlob implements FileBase {
   }
 
   toStream(): NodeJS.ReadableStream {
-    return intoStream(this.data);
+    // Encode strings before streaming. into-stream@5 slices strings with
+    // String#slice at the ~16KiB highWaterMark; a UTF-16 surrogate pair
+    // (any 4-byte UTF-8 character) on that boundary is split and each half
+    // becomes U+FFFD when re-encoded, corrupting Edge Function bundles.
+    const data =
+      typeof this.data === 'string'
+        ? Buffer.from(this.data, 'utf8')
+        : this.data;
+    return intoStream(data);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/build-utils/test/unit.download.test.ts b/packages/build-utils/test/unit.download.test.ts
index fa2bc421e0d0..cd37dfec0574 100644
--- a/packages/build-utils/test/unit.download.test.ts
+++ b/packages/build-utils/test/unit.download.test.ts
@@ -280,6 +280,34 @@ describe('download()', () => {
     strictEqual(linkTarget, 'b.txt');
   });
 
+  it('should preserve 4-byte UTF-8 characters at the 16KiB stream boundary', async () => {
+    // into-stream@5 slices string FileBlob data at highWaterMark (~16384
+    // UTF-16 code units). A surrogate pair starting at offset 16383 is
+    // split across chunks and each half becomes U+FFFD when encoded.
+    const astral = '\u{10437}';
+    const source = `${'a'.repeat(16383)}${astral}b`;
+    const expected = Buffer.from(source, 'utf8');
+    expect(expected.includes(Buffer.from('efbfbd', 'hex'))).toBe(false);
+
+    const outDir = path.join(__dirname, 'utf8-stream-out');
+    await fs.remove(outDir);
+
+    await download(
+      {
+        'index.js': new FileBlob({
+          mode: S_IFREG,
+          contentType: 'application/javascript',
+          data: source,
+        }),
+      },
+      outDir
+    );
+
+    const written = await fs.readFile(path.join(outDir, 'index.js'));
+    expect(written.equals(expected)).toBe(true);
+    expect(written.includes(Buffer.from('efbfbd', 'hex'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it('should create empty directory entries', async () => {
     const outDir = path.join(__dirname, 'symlinks-out');
     await fs.remove(outDir);