diff --git a/devel/jiic/files/build.xml b/devel/jiic/files/build.xml
index f02393d08295..78812db16e71 100644
--- a/devel/jiic/files/build.xml
+++ b/devel/jiic/files/build.xml
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <project name="JIIC" default="dist">
 	<property name="src" location="." />
 	<property name="build"	location="build" />
 	<property name="dist"	location="dist" />
 
 	<target name="clean">
 		<delete dir="${dist}" />
 		<delete dir="${build}" />
 	</target>
 
 	<target name="prepare" depends="clean">
 		<mkdir dir="${dist}"/>
 		<mkdir dir="${build}/classes"/>
 	</target>
 	
 	<target name="compile" depends="prepare">
-		<javac destdir="${build}/classes" includeantruntime="true" debug="on">
+		<javac destdir="${build}/classes" encoding="utf8" includeantruntime="true" debug="on">
 		    <src path="${src}"/>
 		</javac>
 	</target>
 	
 	<target name="jar" depends="compile">
 		<jar destfile="${dist}/iso9660.jar" basedir="${build}/classes">
 			<include name="de/**/*.class"/>
 			<manifest>
 				<attribute name="Class-Path" value="sabre.jar"/>
 			</manifest>
 		</jar>
 	</target>
 </project>