diff --git a/tasklist/plugin.jelly b/tasklist/plugin.jelly
index 1f8f2282..b38c47dc 100644
--- a/tasklist/plugin.jelly
+++ b/tasklist/plugin.jelly
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
     <j:set var="genDocs"
       value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-xdoc-plugin').getVariable('maven.gen.docs')}"/>
+    <j:set var="encoding"
+      value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-xdoc-plugin').getVariable('maven.docs.outputencoding')}"/>
 
     <j:if test="${sourcesPresent == 'true'}">
       
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@
         destDir="${genDocs}"
         template="plugin-resources/templates/tasklist.vm"
         outputFile="task-list.xml"
+        encoding="${encoding}"
       />
      
     </j:if>
diff --git a/tasklist/src/plugin-resources/templates/tasklist.vm b/tasklist/src/plugin-resources/templates/tasklist.vm
index 3ad137c7..e4a91954 100644
--- a/tasklist/src/plugin-resources/templates/tasklist.vm
+++ b/tasklist/src/plugin-resources/templates/tasklist.vm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="$encoding"?>
 <document>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/vdoclet/plugin.jelly b/vdoclet/plugin.jelly
index d8b79f20..55653c35 100644
--- a/vdoclet/plugin.jelly
+++ b/vdoclet/plugin.jelly
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
           destDir="${destDir}"
           template="${template}"
           outputFile="${outputFile}"
+          encoding="${encoding}"
         />
       </define:tag>
     </define:taglib>
diff --git a/vdoclet/src/main/org/apache/maven/vdoclet/VDocletBean.java b/vdoclet/src/main/org/apache/maven/vdoclet/VDocletBean.java
index 98068a79..3d525ae1 100644
--- a/vdoclet/src/main/org/apache/maven/vdoclet/VDocletBean.java
+++ b/vdoclet/src/main/org/apache/maven/vdoclet/VDocletBean.java
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ public class VDocletBean
     /** control template */
     String template;
 
+    /** encoding */
+    String encoding;
+
     /** verbose flag */
     boolean verbose = false;
-
+    
     /** docinfo */
     DocInfo docInfo;
 
@@ -62,6 +65,14 @@ public class VDocletBean
     {
         this.template = template;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * encoding attribute
+     */
+    public void setEncoding(String encoding)
+    {
+        this.encoding = encoding;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Description of the Method
@@ -114,6 +125,10 @@ public class VDocletBean
         
         Generator generator = new Generator(destDir);
         generator.setAttribute("docInfo", docInfo);
+        if (encoding != null)
+        {
+            generator.setAttribute("encoding", encoding);
+        }
         generator.eval(template, new FileWriter(new File(destDir, outputFile)));
     }
 }