diff --git a/guacamole/pom.xml b/guacamole/pom.xml
index 832a318db..4cc50b435 100644
--- a/guacamole/pom.xml
+++ b/guacamole/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
     <name>guacamole-default-webapp</name>
     <url>http://guacamole.sourceforge.net/</url>
 
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>