diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 7c339bd..b65b5c8 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
           description="Compile shareable components">
     <javac srcdir      ="${source.home}/java"
            destdir     ="${build.home}/classes"
+           encoding    ="ISO-8859-1"
            debug       ="${compile.debug}"
            deprecation ="${compile.deprecation}"
            optimize    ="${compile.optimize}">
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@
     </javac>
     <javac srcdir      ="${source.home}/examples"
            destdir     ="${build.home}/examples"
+           encoding    ="ISO-8859-1"
            debug       ="${compile.debug}"
            deprecation ="${compile.deprecation}"
            optimize    ="${compile.optimize}">
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@
           description="Compile unit test cases">
     <javac srcdir      ="${test.home}"
            destdir     ="${build.home}/tests"
+           encoding    ="ISO-8859-1"
            debug       ="${compile.debug}"
            deprecation ="${compile.deprecation}"
            optimize    ="${compile.optimize}">
@@ -241,6 +244,7 @@
     <mkdir dir="${dist.home}/docs/api"/>
     <javadoc sourcepath   ="${source.home}/java"
              destdir      ="${dist.home}/docs/api"
+             encoding     ="ISO-8859-1"
              packagenames ="org.apache.commons.*"
              author       ="true"
              protected    ="true"