diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index bef4393b..68abafde 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #set -e
 
 # Manpage and HTML
-A2XM="a2x -f manpage --no-xmllint"
+A2XM="a2x -f manpage --no-xmllint -a encoding=UTF-8"
 A2XH="a2x -f xhtml --no-xmllint"
 
 # Developer webbase