diff --git a/Testing/Python/PythonSmoothingTest.py b/Testing/Python/PythonSmoothingTest.py
index ee00b3912d09c4f1bb0db1d9e620123869fab6f1..5a129be1bb40ae20e8241afdc301f9eb7fb41530 100644
--- a/Testing/Python/PythonSmoothingTest.py
+++ b/Testing/Python/PythonSmoothingTest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
 #
 #  Example on the use of the Smoothing 
 #