diff --git a/install/lazarus.desktop b/install/lazarus.desktop
index de2ee737d0..3b38e9135a 100644
--- a/install/lazarus.desktop
+++ b/install/lazarus.desktop
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
 Name=Lazarus
 Comment=Lazarus IDE
 Exec=startlazarus %f