diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 21ebde0..1cbfdd1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     url='http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-decorators/',
     license='LICENSE.md',
     description='A bunch of django extra decorators.',
-    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
+    long_description=open('README.md', encoding='utf-8').read(),
     install_requires=[
         "Django >= 1.1.1",
     ],