diff --git a/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_spec.rb
index 75124b4..29d2ae1 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_spec.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 require File.expand_path("../../../spec_helper", __FILE__)
 require File.join(FIXTURE_PATH, 'more', 'article')
 require File.join(FIXTURE_PATH, 'more', 'course')