diff --git a/salt/files/master.d/f_defaults.conf b/salt/files/master.d/f_defaults.conf
index 56aaeb5..002d371 100644
--- a/salt/files/master.d/f_defaults.conf
+++ b/salt/files/master.d/f_defaults.conf
@@ -610,6 +610,9 @@ master_tops:
 # 'salt/job/<JID>/prog/<MID>/<RUN NUM>'.
 {{ get_config('state_events', 'False') }}
 
+# Enable extra routines for YAML renderer used states containing UTF characters.
+{{ get_config('yaml_utf8', 'False') }}
+
 #####      File Server settings      #####
 ##########################################
 # Salt runs a lightweight file server written in zeromq to deliver files to