diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/AggregateReportApp.java b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/AggregateReportApp.java
index 914bc89..2bf2f14 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/AggregateReportApp.java
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/AggregateReportApp.java
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package org.scoverage;
 
 import scoverage.Coverage;
-import scoverage.report.CoberturaXmlWriter;
 import scoverage.report.CoverageAggregator;
-import scoverage.report.ScoverageHtmlWriter;
 
 import java.io.File;
 
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/OverallCheckTask.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/OverallCheckTask.groovy
index f56d0ad..58dca3b 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/OverallCheckTask.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/OverallCheckTask.groovy
@@ -76,7 +76,13 @@ class OverallCheckTask extends DefaultTask {
         File reportFile = new File(reportDir ? reportDir : extension.reportDir, coverageType.fileName)
 
         try {
-            Node xml = parser.parse(reportFile)
+            String encoding = ScoveragePlugin.encoding(project)
+            Node xml
+            if (encoding) {
+                xml = parser.parse(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(reportFile), encoding))
+            } else {
+                xml = parser.parse(reportFile)
+            }
             NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getInstance(locale == null ? Locale.getDefault() : locale);
             Double coverageValue = nf.parse(xml.attribute(coverageType.paramName) as String).doubleValue();
             Double overallRate = coverageType.normalize(coverageValue)
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageAggregate.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageAggregate.groovy
index 8703d09..40923df 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageAggregate.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageAggregate.groovy
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ class ScoverageAggregate extends JavaExec {
         def extension = ScoveragePlugin.extensionIn(project)
         setClasspath(ScoveragePlugin.extensionIn(project).pluginClasspath)
         setMain('org.scoverage.AggregateReportApp')
+        String encoding = ScoveragePlugin.encoding(project)
+        if (encoding) {
+            jvmArgs("-Dfile.encoding=$encoding")
+        }
         def reportPath = reportDirOrDefault()
         setArgs([
             project.projectDir,
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageExtension.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageExtension.groovy
index ee198b0..a6a9e38 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageExtension.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageExtension.groovy
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ class ScoverageExtension {
 
     ScoverageExtension(Project project) {
 
-        project.plugins.apply(JavaPlugin.class);
-        project.plugins.apply(ScalaPlugin.class);
+        project.plugins.apply(JavaPlugin.class)
+        project.plugins.apply(ScalaPlugin.class)
         project.afterEvaluate(configureRuntimeOptions)
 
         project.configurations.create(ScoveragePlugin.CONFIGURATION_NAME) {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class ScoverageExtension {
             runtimeClasspath = it.output + mainSourceSet.output + project.configurations.scoverage + original.runtimeClasspath
         }
 
-        def scoverageJar = project.tasks.create('jarScoverage', Jar.class) {
+        project.tasks.create('jarScoverage', Jar.class) {
             dependsOn('scoverageClasses')
             classifier = ScoveragePlugin.CONFIGURATION_NAME
             from mainSourceSet.output
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ class ScoverageExtension {
 
         project.tasks.create(ScoveragePlugin.TEST_NAME, Test.class) {
             conventionMapping.map("testClassesDir", new Callable<Object>() {
-                public Object call() throws Exception {
-                    return testSourceSet.output.classesDir;
+                Object call() throws Exception {
+                    return testSourceSet.output.classesDir
                 }
             })
             conventionMapping.map("classpath", new Callable<Object>() {
-                public Object call() throws Exception {
-                    return testSourceSet.runtimeClasspath;
+                Object call() throws Exception {
+                    return testSourceSet.runtimeClasspath
                 }
             })
         }
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class ScoverageExtension {
             File pluginFile
             try {
                 pluginFile = configuration.filter { it.name.contains('plugin') }.iterator().next()
-            } catch(NoSuchElementException e) {
+            } catch (NoSuchElementException ignored) {
                 throw new GradleException("Could not find a plugin jar in configuration '${ScoveragePlugin.CONFIGURATION_NAME}'")
             }
 
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ class ScoverageExtension {
                     GFileUtils.deleteDirectory(destinationDir)
                 }
                 scalaCompileOptions.additionalParameters = parameters
+                String encoding = scalaCompileOptions.encoding
+                if (encoding) {
+                    scalaCompileOptions.forkOptions.jvmArgs.add('-Dfile.encoding=' + encoding)
+                }
                 // the compile task creates a store of measured statements
                 outputs.file(new File(extension.dataDir, 'scoverage.coverage.xml'))
             }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoveragePlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoveragePlugin.groovy
index 31b955e..dc55a9f 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoveragePlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoveragePlugin.groovy
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.scoverage
 
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin
 import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.scala.ScalaCompile
 
 class ScoveragePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     static String CONFIGURATION_NAME = 'scoverage'
@@ -22,4 +23,9 @@ class ScoveragePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     protected static ScoverageExtension extensionIn(Project project) {
         project.extensions[CONFIGURATION_NAME]
     }
+
+    protected static String encoding(Project project) {
+        ScalaCompile compile = project.tasks[ScoveragePlugin.COMPILE_NAME] as ScalaCompile
+        compile.scalaCompileOptions.encoding
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageReport.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageReport.groovy
index ab1f1b7..a987c7d 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageReport.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageReport.groovy
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ class ScoverageReport extends JavaExec {
     void exec() {
         def extension = ScoveragePlugin.extensionIn(project)
         extension.reportDir.mkdirs()
+        String encoding = ScoveragePlugin.encoding(project)
+        if (encoding) {
+            jvmArgs("-Dfile.encoding=$encoding")
+        }
         setClasspath(extension.pluginClasspath)
         setMain('org.scoverage.SingleReportApp')
         setArgs([