diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a5243ec3f9bf9148745b717346fe30b1cbe8c6ed..90fe814443a3ce27b773bc29bb62e9c4db68dc64 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 		<!-- General configuration -->
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 		<project.servers.directory>${project.basedir}/servers</project.servers.directory>
 		<cargo.tomcat.start.skip>false</cargo.tomcat.start.skip>