diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index aa7910db4433967080b00fb8ec0b658e35fc6816..d84e43433ca5104c338190b892cfbd9d4c1a79eb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 import os
 from distutils.command.build import build