diff -purN inflect-0.2.4.orig/setup.py inflect-0.2.4/setup.py
--- inflect-0.2.4.orig/setup.py	2013-06-09 03:03:47.000000000 -0400
+++ inflect-0.2.4/setup.py	2014-07-08 14:02:39.471445182 -0400
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import inflect
 
 here = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 readme_path = os.path.join(here, 'README.rst')
-readme = open(readme_path).read()
+readme = open(readme_path, 'rb').read().decode('utf-8')
 
 setup(
     name='inflect',