diff --git a/lib/capybara/helpers.rb b/lib/capybara/helpers.rb
index ac2ab7f8..7b9c1335 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/helpers.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+
 module Capybara
   module Helpers
     class << self