diff --git a/scripts/buildorder.py b/scripts/buildorder.py
index 67f53074f..fd7b2a640 100755
--- a/scripts/buildorder.py
+++ b/scripts/buildorder.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class TermuxBuildFile(object):
         pkg_dep_prefix = 'TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS='
         subpkg_dep_prefix = 'TERMUX_SUBPKG_DEPENDS='
 
-        with open(self.path) as f:
+        with open(self.path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
             prefix = None
             for line in f:
                 if line.startswith(pkg_dep_prefix):