diff --git a/autoload/ale/fixers/clangformat.vim b/autoload/ale/fixers/clangformat.vim
index b2ed7daa..b50b7047 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/fixers/clangformat.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/fixers/clangformat.vim
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+scriptencoding utf-8
 " Author: Peter Renström <renstrom.peter@gmail.com>
 " Description: Fixing C/C++ files with clang-format.