diff --git a/OsmAnd/build.xml b/OsmAnd/build.xml
index df07828b2a..25fafdeee3 100644
--- a/OsmAnd/build.xml
+++ b/OsmAnd/build.xml
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
 	</target>
 	
     <target name="fix_apostrophe_issues">
-               <replace token="version='1.0'" value="version=&quot;1.0&quot;">
+               <replace token="version='1.0'" value="version=&quot;1.0&quot;" encoding="UTF-8">
                        <fileset dir="res" includes="**/strings.xml" />
                </replace>
-               <replace token="encoding='utf-8'" value="encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;">
+               <replace token="encoding='utf-8'" value="encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;" encoding="UTF-8">
                        <fileset dir="res" includes="**/strings.xml" />
                </replace>
 
-               <replaceregexp  match="([^\\])'" replace="\1\\\\'" flags="-g" byline="off">
+               <replaceregexp  match="([^\\])'" replace="\1\\\\'" flags="-g" byline="off" encoding="UTF-8">
                        <fileset dir="res" includes="**/strings.xml" />
                </replaceregexp>
        </target>