diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py
index 8da0a2c8ea..41ef8e992a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/orf.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+
 import re
 import xml.etree.ElementTree
 import json