diff --git a/bin/log.xml b/bin/log.xml
index 2bdfeda7e5df..d437ec9de0ef 100644
--- a/bin/log.xml
+++ b/bin/log.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     <param name="MaxFileSize" value="1Mb"/>
     <param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="12"/>
     <param name="File" value="$LOG_DIR$/idea.log"/>
+    <param name="Encoding" value="UTF-8"/>
     <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
       <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%7r] %6p - %30.30c - %m \n"/>
     </layout>
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
 
   <appender name="CONTINUOUS_FILE" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">
     <param name="File" value="$LOG_DIR$/continuous.log"/>
+    <param name="Encoding" value="UTF-8"/>
     <param name="append" value="false"/>
     <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
       <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%7r] %6p - %30.30c - %m \n"/>
diff --git a/jps/jps-builders/src/defaultLogConfig.properties b/jps/jps-builders/src/defaultLogConfig.properties
index 599f278a2147..079ea62fc9ab 100644
--- a/jps/jps-builders/src/defaultLogConfig.properties
+++ b/jps/jps-builders/src/defaultLogConfig.properties
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ log4j.rootLogger=info, file
 
 log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
 log4j.appender.file.File=$LOG_FILE_PATH$
+log4j.appender.file.Encoding=UTF-8
 log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=20Mb
 log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=20
 log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout