1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/java/bazel/BazelJavaCompiler.java b/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/java/bazel/BazelJavaCompiler.java
index e38ffa7cae..87910efaee 100644
--- a/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/java/bazel/BazelJavaCompiler.java
+++ b/src/java_tools/buildjar/java/com/google/devtools/build/java/bazel/BazelJavaCompiler.java
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public class BazelJavaCompiler {
   private static final ImmutableList<String> DEFAULT_JAVACOPTS =
       ImmutableList.<String>builder()
           .addAll(JavaBuilderConfig.defaultJavacOpts())
+          .add("-encoding")
+          .add("UTF-8")
           // The bootclasspath must be specified both via an invocation option and
           // via fileManager.setLocation(PLATFORM_CLASS_PATH), to work around what
           // appears to be a bug in jdk[6,8] javac.