diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index 57b84c634..63fd71df8 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 root = true
 
 [*]
+charset = utf-8
 #end_of_line =
 indent_size = 4
 indent_style = tab