diff --git a/autoload/jedi.vim b/autoload/jedi.vim
index 7a8aca6..54701ae 100644
--- a/autoload/jedi.vim
+++ b/autoload/jedi.vim
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+scriptencoding utf-8
+
 " ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 " functions that call python code
 " ------------------------------------------------------------------------