diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/limit.py b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/limit.py
index 0b459baf1..c7f431b6d 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/limit.py
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scrapy/contrib/spidermiddleware/limit.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
 """
 Limits the scheduler request queue from the point of view of the spider.
 That is, any requests generated by the spider, which its scheduling action