diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6e615e99edd0775b67d242c8cd6d27641ab003c1..5c8f377a6855d0cb3e2f7e759d1dc0b314f31817 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: latin1 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages