diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 1486979..f7b4aa3 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ requires 'Pod::Html' => 0;
 requires 'Pod::Man' => 0;
 requires 'Pod::Markdown' => 2.0;
 recommends 'App::pod2pdf';
-readme_from;    # Self hosting!
+readme_from '', { clean => 1, options => [ utf8 => 1 ]};    # Self hosting!
 githubmeta;
 clean_files 'dist have_make LICENSE';
 if ( $Config{make} and can_run( $Config{make} ) ) {