diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vice.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vice.py
index 065c1fa82b..8a00c8fee1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vice.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vice.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re