diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b4daa38..52d8ed9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ setup(name='pygit2',
       url='http://github.com/libgit2/pygit2',
       classifiers=classifiers,
       license='GPLv2',
-      maintainer='J. David Ibáñez',
+      maintainer=u'J. David Ibáñez',
       maintainer_email='jdavid.ibp@gmail.com',
       long_description=long_description,
       packages = ['pygit2'],