| --- a/Lib/packaging/config.py |
| +++ b/Lib/packaging/config.py |
| @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class Config: |
| for filename in filenames: |
| logger.debug(" reading %s", filename) |
| - parser.read(filename) |
| + parser.read(filename, encoding='utf-8') |
| if os.path.split(filename)[-1] == 'setup.cfg': |
| self._read_setup_cfg(parser, filename) |