diff --git a/desktoptheme-default.desktop b/desktoptheme-default.desktop
index e26ef52b2..dfcc8c9d3 100644
--- a/desktoptheme-default.desktop
+++ b/desktoptheme-default.desktop
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
 Name=Oxygen
 Comment=Theme done in the Oxygen style
 Comment[de]=Oberflächen-Design im Oxygen-Stil