diff --git a/src/scripts/backup_nocloud.sh b/src/scripts/backup_nocloud.sh
index 5618958c72167f816e7360c495c5ccc5677a3b29..31f9f1d5f573281a4871b70494a0f6201ab2c5db 100755
--- a/src/scripts/backup_nocloud.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/backup_nocloud.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ dump_databases(){
     if $mysql
     then
         do_log "Sauvegarde mysql"
-        mysqldump --events --single-transaction --flush-logs --all-databases \
+        mysqldump --events --single-transaction --flush-logs --all-databases  --default-character-set=utf8 \
             | gzip > /root/db.sql.gz
         test_and_fail $? "Impossible de sauvegarde la base de donnée mysql"
     fi