diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5240d002..f795433e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 	</licenses>
 
 	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<spring.version>3.1.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
 		<jackson1.version>1.9.10</jackson1.version>
 		<jackson2.version>2.1.1</jackson2.version>