diff --git a/plugins/Poll.py b/plugins/Poll.py
index 2a05f2de7..000af2d7d 100644
--- a/plugins/Poll.py
+++ b/plugins/Poll.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-# -*- coding:iso-8859-1 -*-
+# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
 
 ###
 # Copyright (c) 2002, Stéphan Kochen
diff --git a/test/test_Poll.py b/test/test_Poll.py
index 355890fc1..ac5a6e6c7 100644
--- a/test/test_Poll.py
+++ b/test/test_Poll.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding:iso-8859-1 -*-
+# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
 
 ###
 # Copyright (c) 2003, Stéphan Kochen