diff --git a/hyracks/pom.xml b/hyracks/pom.xml
index 4e28e25..34e18c4 100644
--- a/hyracks/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
     </snapshotRepository>
   </distributionManagement>
 
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
   <reporting>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>