diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff76abb..15e4ecb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <maven.compile.source>1.4</maven.compile.source>
     <maven.compile.target>1.4</maven.compile.target>
     <commons.componentid>compress</commons.componentid>