diff --git a/khard-0.11.0-utf8-readme.patch b/khard-0.11.0-utf8-readme.patch
index bd87fd5..176493e 100644
--- a/khard-0.11.0-utf8-readme.patch
+++ b/khard-0.11.0-utf8-readme.patch
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ diff -u -r -U5 --no-dereference khard-0.11.0/setup.py khard-0.11.0.utf8-readme/s
      url = 'https://github.com/scheibler/khard/',
      description = 'A console carddav client',
 -    long_description = open('README.md').read(),
-+    long_description = open('README.md').read().decode('utf-8'),
++    long_description = open('README.md', 'rb').read().decode('utf-8'),
      license = 'GPL',
      keywords = 'Carddav console addressbook',
      classifiers = [