diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index ad17f9b..0acc106 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ The readme text for the next release will be like:
deprecation="${deprecation}"
nowarn="${nowarn}"
memoryMaximumSize="192m"
- fork="true">
+ fork="true"
+ encoding="UTF-8">