diff -Nur tate_bilinear_pairing-orig/setup.py tate_bilinear_pairing/setup.py
--- tate_bilinear_pairing-orig/setup.py	2012-11-24 12:04:51.000000000 +0000
+++ tate_bilinear_pairing/setup.py	2015-10-03 21:50:39.118851444 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import codecs
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 # Utility function to read the README file.  
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@
 # README file and 2) it's easier to type in the README file than to put a raw
 # string in below ...
 def read(fname):
-    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
+    return codecs.open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname), "r", "utf-8").read()
 
 setup(
     name="tate_bilinear_pairing",