diff --git a/java.j2seproject/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/j2seproject/resources/build-impl.xsl b/java.j2seproject/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/j2seproject/resources/build-impl.xsl
--- a/java.j2seproject/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/j2seproject/resources/build-impl.xsl
+++ b/java.j2seproject/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/j2seproject/resources/build-impl.xsl
@@ -582,6 +582,8 @@
                             </xsl:if>
                             <jvmarg line="${{debug-args-line}}"/>
                             <jvmarg value="-Xrunjdwp:transport=${{debug-transport}},address=${{jpda.address}}"/>
+                            <jvmarg value="-Dfile.encoding=${{source.encoding}}"/>
+                            <redirector inputencoding="${{source.encoding}}" outputencoding="${{source.encoding}}" errorencoding="${{source.encoding}}"/>
                             <jvmarg line="${{run.jvmargs}}"/>
                             <classpath>
                                 <path path="@{{classpath}}"/>
@@ -614,6 +616,8 @@
                             <xsl:if test="/p:project/p:configuration/j2seproject3:data/j2seproject3:explicit-platform">
                                 <xsl:attribute name="jvm">${platform.java}</xsl:attribute>
                             </xsl:if>
+                            <jvmarg value="-Dfile.encoding=${{source.encoding}}"/>
+                            <redirector inputencoding="${{source.encoding}}" outputencoding="${{source.encoding}}" errorencoding="${{source.encoding}}"/>
                             <jvmarg line="${{run.jvmargs}}"/>
                             <classpath>
                                 <path path="${{run.classpath}}"/>
diff --git a/java.source.ant/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/ant/resources/debug-snippet.xml b/java.source.ant/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/ant/resources/debug-snippet.xml
--- a/java.source.ant/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/ant/resources/debug-snippet.xml
+++ b/java.source.ant/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/ant/resources/debug-snippet.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
         <java classpath="${classpath-translated}" classname="${classname}" dir="${work.dir}" jvm="${platform.java}" fork="true">
             <jvmarg line="${debug-args-line}"/>
             <jvmarg value="-Xrunjdwp:transport=${debug-transport},address=${jpda.address}"/>
+            <jvmarg value="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"/>
+            <redirector inputencoding="UTF-8" outputencoding="UTF-8" errorencoding="UTF-8"/>
             <jvmarg line="${run.jvmargs}" />
             <arg line="${application.args}" />
             <syspropertyset>
diff --git a/java.source.ant/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/ant/resources/run-snippet.xml b/java.source.ant/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/ant/resources/run-snippet.xml
--- a/java.source.ant/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/ant/resources/run-snippet.xml
+++ b/java.source.ant/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/ant/resources/run-snippet.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
         <property name="work.dir" value="${basedir}"/>
         <property name="application.args" value="" />
         <java classpath="${classpath-translated}" classname="${classname}" dir="${work.dir}" jvm="${platform.java}" fork="true">
+            <jvmarg value="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"/>
+            <redirector inputencoding="UTF-8" outputencoding="UTF-8" errorencoding="UTF-8"/>
             <jvmarg line="${run.jvmargs}" />
             <arg line="${application.args}" />
             <syspropertyset>