1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
index b56d190a0..9ed79db07 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ class Formulary
   def self.load_formula(name, path)
     mod = Module.new
     const_set("FormulaNamespace#{Digest::MD5.hexdigest(path.to_s)}", mod)
-    mod.module_eval(path.read, path)
+    contents = path.open("r") { |f| set_encoding(f).read }
+    mod.module_eval(contents, path)
     class_name = class_s(name)
 
     begin
@@ -29,6 +30,16 @@ class Formulary
     end
   end
 
+  if IO.method_defined?(:set_encoding)
+    def self.set_encoding(io)
+      io.set_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8)
+    end
+  else
+    def self.set_encoding(io)
+      io
+    end
+  end
+
   def self.class_s name
     class_name = name.capitalize
     class_name.gsub!(/[-_.\s]([a-zA-Z0-9])/) { $1.upcase }