diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py

index ea1f9fd..fbfef38 100755

--- a/setup.py

+++ b/setup.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@

 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

+import codecs

 import re

 import sys

 from setuptools import setup

@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ def find_version(fname):

     Raises RuntimeError if not found.

     """

     version = ''

-    with open(fname, 'r') as fp:

+    with codecs.open(fname, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fp:

         reg = re.compile(r'__version__ = [\'"]([^\'"]*)[\'"]')

         for line in fp:

             m = reg.match(line)

@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ def find_version(fname):

 __version__ = find_version('doitlive/__init__.py')

 def read(fname):

-    with open(fname) as fp:

+    with codecs.open(fname, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fp:

         content = fp.read()

     return content