diff --git a/subcmds/sync.py b/subcmds/sync.py
index ec7337a..2e92584 100644
--- a/subcmds/sync.py
+++ b/subcmds/sync.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
 #