diff --git a/checkstyle/plugin.jelly b/checkstyle/plugin.jelly
index d280d1c5..24583e01 100644
--- a/checkstyle/plugin.jelly
+++ b/checkstyle/plugin.jelly
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@
 
       </ant:checkstyle>
       
+      <j:set var="maven.docs.outputencoding" value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-xdoc-plugin').getVariable('maven.docs.outputencoding')}"/>
+      
       <doc:jsl
         input="${maven.build.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.xml"
         output="checkstyle-report.xml"