diff --git a/lib/rspec/rails/example/system_example_group.rb b/lib/rspec/rails/example/system_example_group.rb
index 59c5606cca..e0f395bce0 100644
--- a/lib/rspec/rails/example/system_example_group.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec/rails/example/system_example_group.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def method_name
         @method_name ||= [
           self.class.name.underscore,
           RSpec.current_example.description.underscore
-        ].join("_").tr(CHARS_TO_TRANSLATE.join, "_")[0...200] + "_#{rand(1000)}"
+        ].join("_").tr(CHARS_TO_TRANSLATE.join, "_").byteslice(0...200).scrub("") + "_#{rand(1000)}"
       end
 
       # Delegates to `Rails.application`.
diff --git a/spec/rspec/rails/example/system_example_group_spec.rb b/spec/rspec/rails/example/system_example_group_spec.rb
index 862f8cdda2..889ac818e1 100644
--- a/spec/rspec/rails/example/system_example_group_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rspec/rails/example/system_example_group_spec.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ module RSpec::Rails
             expect(example.send(:method_name)).to start_with('method_name')
           end
         end
+
+        it "slices long method name - #{'あ'*100}" do
+          group = RSpec::Core::ExampleGroup.describe do
+            include SystemExampleGroup
+          end
+          example = group.new
+          group.hooks.run(:before, :example, example)
+          expect(example.send(:method_name).bytesize).to be <= 210
+        end
       end
 
       describe '#driver' do