diff --git a/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/util/VmwareContext.java b/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/util/VmwareContext.java
index 9992e0a0209..3e9c890559c 100644
--- a/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/util/VmwareContext.java
+++ b/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/util/VmwareContext.java
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ public class VmwareContext {
      */
     public String[] listDatastoreDirContent(String urlString) throws Exception {
         List<String> fileList = new ArrayList<String>();
-        String content = new String(getResourceContent(urlString));
+        String content = new String(getResourceContent(urlString),"UTF-8");
         String marker = "</a></td><td ";
         int parsePos = -1;
         do {