diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/build.properties b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/build.properties
index 42cf0599d9f..35344837196 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/build.properties
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/build.properties
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ src.includes = about.html,\
                schema/,\
                .settings/,\
                build.properties
+javacDefaultEncoding.. = ISO-8859-1
+javacErrors.. = -assertIdentifier