diff --git a/plugin/tagbar.vim b/plugin/tagbar.vim
index 234d0dc..bcb1b94 100644
--- a/plugin/tagbar.vim
+++ b/plugin/tagbar.vim
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 "              use of this software.
 " ============================================================================
 
+if has('multi_byte')
+    scriptencoding utf-8
+endif
+
 if &cp || exists('g:loaded_tagbar')
     finish
 endif