diff --git a/subcmds/gitc_init.py b/subcmds/gitc_init.py
index 2726eae..df7b258 100644
--- a/subcmds/gitc_init.py
+++ b/subcmds/gitc_init.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
 #