@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 if {[package vsatisfies [package provide Tcl] 9.0-]} {
     package ifneeded @PACKAGE_NAME@ @PACKAGE_VERSION@ \
 	    [list load [file join $dir @PKG_LIB_FILE9@] [string totitle @PACKAGE_NAME@]]
     set initScript [file join $dir @PACKAGE_NAME@.tcl]
     if {[file exists $initScript]} {
-	source $initScript
+	source -encoding utf-8 $initScript
     }
 } else {
     if {![package vsatisfies [package provide Tcl] 8.5]} {return}
     package ifneeded @PACKAGE_NAME@ @PACKAGE_VERSION@ [list apply {{dir} {
 	if {[string tolower [file extension @PKG_LIB_FILE8@]] in [list ".dll" ".so"]} {
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 	} else {
 	    load {} [string totitle @PACKAGE_NAME@]
 	}
 	set initScript [file join $dir @PACKAGE_NAME@.tcl]
 	if {[file exists $initScript]} {
-	    source $initScript
+	    source -encoding utf-8 $initScript
 	}
     }} $dir]
 }