diff --git a/ppocr/data/imaug/label_ops.py b/ppocr/data/imaug/label_ops.py
index 344f596d9d7c435ec98074de6d8cc08a420d27e8..58d06fd4f28c9b1a68e37ae5b316a45896d4cdc5 100644
--- a/ppocr/data/imaug/label_ops.py
+++ b/ppocr/data/imaug/label_ops.py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class KieLabelEncode(object):
     def __init__(self, character_dict_path, norm=10, directed=False, **kwargs):
         super(KieLabelEncode, self).__init__()
         self.dict = dict({'': 0})
-        with open(character_dict_path, 'r') as fr:
+        with open(character_dict_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fr:
             idx = 1
             for line in fr:
                 char = line.strip()