diff --git a/src/archutils/Win32/WindowsResources.rc b/src/archutils/Win32/WindowsResources.rc
index a9792bbfe8..b2e1bc4f75 100644
--- a/src/archutils/Win32/WindowsResources.rc
+++ b/src/archutils/Win32/WindowsResources.rc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_ENU)
 #ifdef _WIN32
 LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
-#pragma code_page(1252)
+#pragma code_page(65001)
 #endif //_WIN32
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////