diff --git a/rack-protection/Gemfile b/rack-protection/Gemfile
index e5149d74..c077f3a9 100644
--- a/rack-protection/Gemfile
+++ b/rack-protection/Gemfile
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 source "http://rubygems.org"
+if RUBY_VERSION =~ /1.9/
+	Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8
+	Encoding.default_internal = Encoding::UTF_8
+end
 
 gem 'rake'