diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/aol.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/aol.py
index b729157d2f21..d4801a25b34d 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/aol.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/aol.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re