diff --git a/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VmdkFileDescriptor.java b/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VmdkFileDescriptor.java
index 8aecfdd01be..fdce93c8122 100644
--- a/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VmdkFileDescriptor.java
+++ b/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/VmdkFileDescriptor.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class VmdkFileDescriptor {
     public void parse(byte[] vmdkFileContent) throws IOException {
         BufferedReader in = null;
         try {
-            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(vmdkFileContent)));
+            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(vmdkFileContent),"UTF-8"));
             String line;
             while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
                 // ignore empty and comment lines
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ public class VmdkFileDescriptor {
         ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
         try {
-            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(vmdkContent)));
-            out = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(bos));
+            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(vmdkContent),"UTF-8"));
+            out = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(bos,"UTF-8"));
             String line;
             while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
                 // ignore empty and comment lines