diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sax.py b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
index acb765863d5..3db0189ffa4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# regression test for SAX 2.0
+# regression test for SAX 2.0            -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
 # $Id$
 
 from xml.sax import make_parser, ContentHandler, \
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
index 2218dfd10d6..028e97ad802 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
 """ Test script for the Unicode implementation.
 
 Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg (mal@lemburg.com).