diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c1e5f698e535fd1891cdedf6ff6e00c6765dd1e2..6fc3a7664dfabbf3ac34d2d791b38fbb344cf020 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: latin1 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 from setuptools import setup