diff --git a/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/GdbDebugger.java b/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/GdbDebugger.java
--- a/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/GdbDebugger.java
+++ b/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/GdbDebugger.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -718,7 +719,7 @@
                     // See IZ 147931 (On Mac sometimes response is in wrong format)
                     if (results.startsWith("threadno")) { // NOI18N
                         for (String line : results.split("threadn")) { //NOI18N
-                            Map<String, String> map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(line);
+                            Map<String, String> map = createMapFromString(line);
                             if (!map.isEmpty()) {
                                 list.add(map.get("o") + " " + map.get("target_tid")); // NOI18N
                             }
@@ -930,7 +931,7 @@
 
         while ((line = info.substring(start, next > 0 ? next : info.length())) != null) {
             if (line.contains(path)) {
-                return parseMacDylibAddress(line);
+                return parseMacDylibAddress(line, getCharSetEncoding());
             }
             start = next + 12;
             next = info.indexOf(",shlib-info=", start); // NOI18N
@@ -939,10 +940,10 @@
 
     }
 
-    private static String parseMacDylibAddress(String line) {
+    private static String parseMacDylibAddress(String line, String encoding) {
         int pos1 = GdbUtils.findMatchingCurly(line, 0);
         if (pos1 != -1) {
-            Map<String, String> map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(line.substring(1, pos1));
+            Map<String, String> map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(line.substring(1, pos1), encoding);
             if (map.containsKey("loaded_addr")) { // NOI18N
                 return map.get("loaded_addr"); // NOI18N
             }
@@ -1075,11 +1076,11 @@
         if (msg.startsWith(DONE_PREFIX)) {
             if (msg.startsWith("^done,bkpt=")) { // NOI18N (-break-insert)
                 msg = msg.substring(12, msg.length() - 1);
-                Map<String, String> map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(msg);
+                Map<String, String> map = createMapFromString(msg);
                 validateBreakpoint(token, map);
             } else if (msg.startsWith("^done,stack=")) { // NOI18N (-stack-list-frames)
                 if (state == State.STOPPED) { // Ignore data if we've resumed running
-                    stackUpdate(GdbUtils.createListFromString((msg.substring(13, msg.length() - 1))));
+                    stackUpdate(createListFromString((msg.substring(13, msg.length() - 1))));
                 }
             } else if (msg.startsWith("^done,locals=")) { // NOI18N (-stack-list-locals)
                 if (state == State.STOPPED) { // Ignore data if we've resumed running
@@ -1222,7 +1223,7 @@
         if (msg.startsWith("*stopped")) { // NOI18N
             Map<String, String> map;
             if (msg.length() > 9) {
-                map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(msg.substring(9));
+                map = createMapFromString(msg.substring(9));
             } else {
                 map = new HashMap<String, String>();
             }
@@ -1361,10 +1362,10 @@
     }
 
     private void addArgsToLocalVariables(String info) {
-        List<String> frames = GdbUtils.createListFromString(info);
+        List<String> frames = createListFromString(info);
         GdbCallStackFrame curFrame = getCurrentCallStackFrame();
         for (String frame : frames) {
-            Map<String, String> frameMap = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(frame);
+            Map<String, String> frameMap = createMapFromString(frame);
             int level;
             try {
                 level = Integer.parseInt(frameMap.get("level")); // NOI18N
@@ -1679,7 +1680,7 @@
         if (state == State.STARTING) {
             String frame = map.get("frame"); // NOI18N
             if (frame != null) {
-                map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(frame);
+                map = createMapFromString(frame);
                 updateLastStop(map);
             }
             setLoading();
@@ -1760,7 +1761,7 @@
                 }
                 String frame = map.get("frame"); // NOI18N
                 if (frame != null) {
-                    map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(frame);
+                    map = createMapFromString(frame);
                     updateLastStop(map);
                 }
                 GdbTimer.getTimer("Startup").stop("Startup1"); // NOI18N
@@ -1773,7 +1774,7 @@
                 setStopped();
                 String frame = map.get("frame"); // NOI18N
                 if (frame != null) {
-                    map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(frame);
+                    map = createMapFromString(frame);
                     updateLastStop(map);
                 }
                 if (GdbTimer.getTimer("Step").getSkipCount() == 0) { // NOI18N
@@ -1880,7 +1881,7 @@
             int next;
 
             while ((next = info.indexOf("shlib-info=", start + 1)) > 0) { // NOI18N
-                map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(info.substring(start + 12, next - 2));
+                map = createMapFromString(info.substring(start + 12, next - 2));
                 path = map.get("path"); // NOI18N
                 addr = map.get("dyld-addr"); // NOI18N
                 if (path != null && addr != null) {
@@ -1888,7 +1889,7 @@
                 }
                 start = next;
             }
-            map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(info.substring(start + 12, info.length() - 1));
+            map = createMapFromString(info.substring(start + 12, info.length() - 1));
             path = map.get("path"); // NOI18N
             addr = map.get("dyld-addr"); // NOI18N
             if (path != null && addr != null) {
@@ -1967,8 +1968,8 @@
         boolean valid = true;
         boolean checkNextFrame = false;
 
-        for (String frame : GdbUtils.createListFromString(msg)) {
-            Map<String, String> map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(frame);
+        for (String frame : createListFromString(msg)) {
+            Map<String, String> map = createMapFromString(frame);
             String func = map.get("func"); // NOI18N
             if (func != null && func.equals("dlopen") && !checkNextFrame) { // NOI18N
                 if (platform == PlatformTypes.PLATFORM_MACOSX) {
@@ -2249,7 +2250,7 @@
 
             for (int i = 0; i < stack.size(); i++) {
                 String line = stack.get(i);
-                Map<String, String> map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(line);
+                Map<String, String> map = createMapFromString(line);
 
                 String func = map.get("func"); // NOI18N
                 String file = map.get("file"); // NOI18N
@@ -2793,4 +2794,27 @@
             System.out.println("    " + msg); // NOI18N
         }
     }
+
+    private final static String remoteCharSet = System.getProperty("cnd.remote.charset", "UTF-8"); // NOI18N
+    public String getCharSetEncoding() {
+        return getCharSetEncoding(this.execEnv);
+    }
+
+    public static String getCharSetEncoding(ExecutionEnvironment execEnv) {
+        String encoding;
+        if (execEnv.isRemote()) {
+            encoding = remoteCharSet;
+        } else {
+            encoding = Charset.defaultCharset().name();
+        }
+        return encoding;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, String> createMapFromString(String info) {
+        return GdbUtils.createMapFromString(info, getCharSetEncoding());
+    }
+
+    public List<String> createListFromString(String info) {
+        return GdbUtils.createListFromString(info, getCharSetEncoding());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/proxy/GdbProxyEngine.java b/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/proxy/GdbProxyEngine.java
--- a/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/proxy/GdbProxyEngine.java
+++ b/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/proxy/GdbProxyEngine.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
@@ -160,7 +161,8 @@
 
         final NativeProcess proc = npb.call();
         debuggerPid = proc.getPID();
-        toGdb = gdbReader(proc.getInputStream(), proc.getOutputStream());
+        // for remote execution we need to convert encoding
+        toGdb = toGdbWriter(proc.getInputStream(), proc.getOutputStream(), GdbDebugger.getCharSetEncoding(execEnv));
 
         new RequestProcessor("GdbReaperThread").post(new Runnable() { // NOI18N
             public void run() {
@@ -205,10 +207,30 @@
         DialogDisplayer.getDefault().notify(nd);
         debugger.finish(false);
     }
+
+    private BufferedReader getReader(final InputStream is, String charSet) {
+        // set charset
+        try {
+            return new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is, charSet));
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {
+            // this is possible situation
+        }
+        return new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
+    }
     
-    private PrintStream gdbReader(InputStream is, OutputStream os) {
-        final BufferedReader fromGdb = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
-        PrintStream togdb = new PrintStream(os, true);
+    private PrintStream getPrintStream(final OutputStream os, String charSet) {
+        // set charset
+        try {
+            return new PrintStream(os, true, charSet);
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {
+            // this is possible situation
+        }
+        return new PrintStream(os, true);
+    }
+
+    private PrintStream toGdbWriter(InputStream is, OutputStream os, String encoding) {
+        PrintStream togdb = getPrintStream(os, encoding);
+        final BufferedReader fromGdb = getReader(is, encoding);
 
         gdbReader = new RequestProcessor("GdbReaderRP").post(new Runnable() { // NOI18N
             public void run() {
diff --git a/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/ui/MemoryViewTopComponent.java b/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/ui/MemoryViewTopComponent.java
--- a/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/ui/MemoryViewTopComponent.java
+++ b/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/ui/MemoryViewTopComponent.java
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
                     taResult.setText(cb.getError());
                 } else if (cb.isOK()) {
                     // parse output
-                    Map<String,String> res = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(cb.getResponse());
+                    Map<String,String> res = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(cb.getResponse(), debugger.getCharSetEncoding());
                     String mem = res.get("memory"); // NOI18N
                     List<String> lines = GdbUtils.createListOfValues(mem);
                     StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
                         if (text.length() > 0) {
                             text.append("\n"); // NOI18N
                         }
-                        Map<String,String> fields = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(line);
+                        Map<String,String> fields = GdbUtils.createMapFromString(line, debugger.getCharSetEncoding());
                         text.append(fields.get("addr")); // NOI18N
                         text.append("  "); // NOI18N
                         text.append(prepareHex(fields.get("data"))); // NOI18N
diff --git a/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/utils/GdbUtils.java b/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/utils/GdbUtils.java
--- a/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/utils/GdbUtils.java
+++ b/cnd.debugger.gdb/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/utils/GdbUtils.java
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
     //  args=[{name="argc",value="1"},{name="argv",value="0x6f19a8"}],
     //  file="quote.cc",fullname="g:/tmp/nik/Quote1/quote.cc",
     //  line="131"},gdb-result-var="$1",return-value="-1"
-    private static void processString(String info, PairProcessor processor) {
+    private static void processString(String info, PairProcessor processor, final String encoding) {
         int len = info.length();
         int i = 0;
         
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
             // put the value in the map and prepare for the next property
             String value = info.substring(i, tend);
             if (key.equals("fullname") || key.equals("file")) { // NOI18N
-                value = gdbToUserEncoding(value); // possibly convert multi-byte fields
+                value = gdbToUserEncoding(value, encoding); // possibly convert multi-byte fields
             }
             processor.onPair(key, value);
             i = tend + 2;
@@ -283,18 +283,18 @@
      *  @param info A string of key/value pairs
      *  @return A HashMap containing each key/value
      */
-    public static Map<String, String> createMapFromString(String info) {
+    public static Map<String, String> createMapFromString(String info, final String encoding) {
         final HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
         processString(info, new PairProcessor() {
             @Override
             public void onPair(String key, String value) {
                 map.put(key, value);
             }
-        });
+        }, encoding);
         return map;
     }
     
-    public static String gdbToUserEncoding(String string) {
+    private static String gdbToUserEncoding(String string, final String encoding) {
         // The first part transforms string to byte array
         char[] chars = string.toCharArray();
         char last = 0, next;
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 
         // The second part performs encoding to current coding system
         try {
-            string = new String(bytes, System.getProperty("sun.jnu.encoding"));
+            string = new String(bytes, encoding);
         } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
         }
         return string;
@@ -356,14 +356,14 @@
      *  @param info A string of key/value pairs
      *  @return An ArrayList with each entry as a value (keys are thrown away, use createMapFromString if you need them)
      */
-    public static List<String> createListFromString(String info) {
+    public static List<String> createListFromString(String info, String encoding) {
         final List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
         processString(info, new PairProcessor() {
             @Override
             public void onPair(String key, String value) {
                 list.add(value);
             }
-        });
+        }, encoding);
         return list;
     }
 
diff --git a/cnd.debugger.gdb/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/StringProcessingTestCase.java b/cnd.debugger.gdb/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/StringProcessingTestCase.java
--- a/cnd.debugger.gdb/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/StringProcessingTestCase.java
+++ b/cnd.debugger.gdb/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/debugger/gdb/StringProcessingTestCase.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 package org.netbeans.modules.cnd.debugger.gdb;
 
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateMapFromString1() {
-        Map<String, String> map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString("a=\"1\",b={x},c=[\"xyz\"]");
+        Map<String, String> map = GdbUtils.createMapFromString("a=\"1\",b={x},c=[\"xyz\"]", Charset.defaultCharset().name());
         assertEquals("1", map.get("a"));
         assertEquals("x", map.get("b"));
         assertEquals("\"xyz\"", map.get("c"));
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateListFromString1() {
-        List<String> list = GdbUtils.createListFromString("a=\"1\",b={x},c=[\"xyz\"]");
+        List<String> list = GdbUtils.createListFromString("a=\"1\",b={x},c=[\"xyz\"]", Charset.defaultCharset().name());
         assertEquals("1", list.get(0));
         assertEquals("x", list.get(1));
         assertEquals("\"xyz\"", list.get(2));