diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3726d15..e2f1b14 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     packages=['oks_cli'],
     author="Outscale SAS",
     author_email="opensource@outscale.com",
-    long_description=open("README.md").read(),
+    long_description=open("README.md", encoding="utf-8").read(), 
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     include_package_data=True,
     license="BSD",