diff --git a/releng/pom.xml b/releng/pom.xml
index b439b2582..ec6c286a7 100644
--- a/releng/pom.xml
+++ b/releng/pom.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>ISO-8859-1</project.build.sourceEncoding>	
 		<tycho-version>1.3.0</tycho-version>
 		<root-dir>${basedir}/..</root-dir>
 		<JENKINS_URL>http://services.typefox.io/open-source/jenkins</JENKINS_URL>