diff --git a/gestion/config/encoding.py b/gestion/config/encoding.py
index 019ccda6..171e9fbb 100644
--- a/gestion/config/encoding.py
+++ b/gestion/config/encoding.py
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ import sys
 
 in_encoding = getattr(sys.stdin, 'encoding', None) or "UTF-8"
 out_encoding = getattr(sys.stdout, 'encoding', None) or "UTF-8"
+ldap_encoding = "UTF-8"