diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 1d5c2fb3e73..3c6d77ca224 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Ensure encoding is consistent across systems
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+
 groupid=ch.njol
 name=skript
 version=2.7.1