diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fbd013b38..6d753fa5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@
 			<distribution>repo</distribution>
 		</license>
 	</licenses>
+	
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
 
 	<build>
 		<defaultGoal>package</defaultGoal>