diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 52f402a9976..2cae5e89967 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
     <slf4j-version>1.5.6</slf4j-version>
     <eclipse-compiler-version>3.1.1</eclipse-compiler-version>
     <cometd-version>1.0.beta4</cometd-version>
-  </properties>
+  	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:svn:http://dev.eclipse.org/svnroot/rt/org.eclipse.jetty/jetty/trunk</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:svn:svn+ssh://dev.eclipse.org/svnroot/rt/org.eclipse.jetty/jetty/trunk</developerConnection>