diff --git a/sched/db_dump.cpp b/sched/db_dump.cpp
index 590fa2eadf..c497fbd8fe 100644
--- a/sched/db_dump.cpp
+++ b/sched/db_dump.cpp
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ public:
         }
 
         write(
-            "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"iso-8859-1\"?>\n<%s>\n", tag.c_str()
+            "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<%s>\n", tag.c_str()
         );
     }