diff --git a/docs/fdroid.texi b/docs/fdroid.texi
index 829dfe9f..9e7872dd 100644
--- a/docs/fdroid.texi
+++ b/docs/fdroid.texi
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 \input texinfo   @c -*-texinfo-*-
 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename fdroid.info
+@documentencoding UTF-8
 @settitle F-Droid Server Manual
 @c %**end of header