diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b26555a8e8..77f8d302c0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
         <antlr.version>4.5.2-1</antlr.version>
 
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <pmd.website.baseurl>http://pmd.sourceforge.net/snapshot/${project.artifactId}</pmd.website.baseurl>
 
         <argLine>-Xmx512m -Dfile.encoding=${project.build.sourceEncoding}</argLine>