diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 373f5ec..34d0712 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     py_modules=['weibo', ],
     url='http://lxyu.github.io/weibo/',
     license="BSD",
-    long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
+    long_description=open('README.rst', encoding="utf-8").read(),
     install_requires=[
         "requests>=2.4.0",
     ],