diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/run_setup.py b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/run_setup.py
index d980ac7d23d4..e3a530eb0cb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/run_setup.py
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/run_setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 import setuptools
 import tokenize