diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d7084ce..c5e875d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -44,4 +44,6 @@ FROM debian:stable-slim
 
   COPY --from=builder /opt/src/pgloader/build/bin/pgloader /usr/local/bin
 
+  ADD conf/freetds.conf /etc/freetds/freetds.conf
+
   LABEL maintainer="Dimitri Fontaine <dim@tapoueh.org>"
diff --git a/conf/freetds.conf b/conf/freetds.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1853da1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/freetds.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[global]
+        tds version = 8.0
+        client charset = UTF-8
+