diff --git a/packages/xdg_directories/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/xdg_directories/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e5b7932eecf..ce6349a9165f 100644
--- a/packages/xdg_directories/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/xdg_directories/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## [0.2.0-nullsafety.1] - Fix getUserDirectory
+
+* Fixes a regression due to the stdoutEncoding change
+  in the null-safety migration.
+
 ## [0.2.0-nullsafety.0] - Migrated to null safety
 
 * Migrated to null safety.
diff --git a/packages/xdg_directories/lib/xdg_directories.dart b/packages/xdg_directories/lib/xdg_directories.dart
index 8ec7434f82c6..f5e7e66cfdaf 100644
--- a/packages/xdg_directories/lib/xdg_directories.dart
+++ b/packages/xdg_directories/lib/xdg_directories.dart
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ Directory? getUserDirectory(String dirName) {
   final ProcessResult result = _processManager.runSync(
     <String>['xdg-user-dir', dirName],
     includeParentEnvironment: true,
-    stdoutEncoding: Encoding.getByName('utf8') ?? systemEncoding,
+    stdoutEncoding: utf8,
   );
-  final String path = utf8.decode(result.stdout).split('\n')[0];
+  final String path = result.stdout.split('\n')[0];
   return Directory(path);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/xdg_directories/pubspec.yaml b/packages/xdg_directories/pubspec.yaml
index 639c81ca375f..95054e3a1c1b 100644
--- a/packages/xdg_directories/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/xdg_directories/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: xdg_directories
 description: A Dart package for reading XDG directory configuration information on Linux.
-version: 0.2.0-nullsafety.0
+version: 0.2.0-nullsafety.1
 homepage: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/master/packages/xdg_directories
 
 environment:
diff --git a/packages/xdg_directories/test/xdg_directories_test.dart b/packages/xdg_directories/test/xdg_directories_test.dart
index d396ca7fbf7b..255a69eef76d 100644
--- a/packages/xdg_directories/test/xdg_directories_test.dart
+++ b/packages/xdg_directories/test/xdg_directories_test.dart
@@ -128,6 +128,6 @@ class FakeProcessManager extends Fake implements ProcessManager {
     Encoding stdoutEncoding = systemEncoding,
     Encoding stderrEncoding = systemEncoding,
   }) {
-    return ProcessResult(0, 0, expected[command[1]]!.codeUnits, <int>[]);
+    return ProcessResult(0, 0, expected[command[1]]!, '');
   }
 }