diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 718947c..6d929ef 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ module_arch = enlightenment.get_variable(pkgconfig: 'module_arch',
                                          default_value: 'linux-gnu-@0@'.format(host_machine.cpu()))
 module_dir  = join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'enlightenment', 'modules', 'iwd')
 
+utf8_args = cc.get_supported_arguments(['-finput-charset=UTF-8',
+                                        '-fexec-charset=UTF-8'])
+
 add_project_arguments('-DPACKAGE="e_iwd"',
                       '-DPACKAGE_VERSION="@0@"'.format(meson.project_version()),
+                      utf8_args,
                       language : 'c')
 
 subdir('src')