diff --git a/rendercv/themes/classic/Preamble.j2.tex b/rendercv/themes/classic/Preamble.j2.tex
index ef293bb..e7fa15c 100644
--- a/rendercv/themes/classic/Preamble.j2.tex
+++ b/rendercv/themes/classic/Preamble.j2.tex
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 \ifPDFTeX
     \input{glyphtounicode}
     \pdfgentounicode=1
+    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 \fi
 
 % Some settings:
diff --git a/rendercv/themes/engineeringresumes/Preamble.j2.tex b/rendercv/themes/engineeringresumes/Preamble.j2.tex
index 77576a5..78f4d79 100644
--- a/rendercv/themes/engineeringresumes/Preamble.j2.tex
+++ b/rendercv/themes/engineeringresumes/Preamble.j2.tex
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 \ifPDFTeX
     \input{glyphtounicode}
     \pdfgentounicode=1
+    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 \fi
 
 % Some settings:
diff --git a/rendercv/themes/sb2nov/Preamble.j2.tex b/rendercv/themes/sb2nov/Preamble.j2.tex
index 848f219..fe6d782 100644
--- a/rendercv/themes/sb2nov/Preamble.j2.tex
+++ b/rendercv/themes/sb2nov/Preamble.j2.tex
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 \ifPDFTeX
     \input{glyphtounicode}
     \pdfgentounicode=1
+    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 \fi
 
 % Some settings: