diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.importexport/src/org/eclipse/rse/files/importexport/files/RemoteExporter.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.importexport/src/org/eclipse/rse/files/importexport/files/RemoteExporter.java
index 8cc10996db0..73521b02a5f 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.importexport/src/org/eclipse/rse/files/importexport/files/RemoteExporter.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.importexport/src/org/eclipse/rse/files/importexport/files/RemoteExporter.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
 import org.eclipse.rse.core.model.IHost;
+import org.eclipse.rse.services.clientserver.SystemEncodingUtil;
 import org.eclipse.rse.services.files.RemoteFileException;
 import org.eclipse.rse.services.files.RemoteFileSecurityException;
 import org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.core.model.RemoteFileUtility;
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ class RemoteExporter {
 	 */
 	protected void writeFile(IFile file, IPath destinationPath) throws IOException, CoreException, RemoteFileSecurityException, RemoteFileException {
 		IRemoteFileSubSystem rfss = RemoteFileUtility.getFileSubSystem((IHost) as400);
-		rfss.upload(file.getLocation().makeAbsolute().toOSString(), destinationPath.toString(), null);
+		rfss.upload(file.getLocation().makeAbsolute().toOSString(), SystemEncodingUtil.ENCODING_UTF_8, destinationPath.toString(), System.getProperty("file.encoding"), null); //$NON-NLS-1$
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.importexport/src/org/eclipse/rse/files/importexport/files/RemoteFileImportOperation.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.importexport/src/org/eclipse/rse/files/importexport/files/RemoteFileImportOperation.java
index 489bd899af0..93298266473 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.importexport/src/org/eclipse/rse/files/importexport/files/RemoteFileImportOperation.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.importexport/src/org/eclipse/rse/files/importexport/files/RemoteFileImportOperation.java
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ public class RemoteFileImportOperation extends WorkspaceModifyOperation {
 			{
 				encoding = "Cp" + encoding.substring(2); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			}
-			rfss.download(((UniFilePlus) fileObject).remoteFile, targetResource, encoding, null);
+			rfss.download(((UniFilePlus) fileObject).remoteFile, targetResource.getLocation().makeAbsolute().toOSString(), encoding, null);
 			try {
 				// refresh workspace with just added resource
 				targetResource.refreshLocal(IResource.DEPTH_ZERO, new SubProgressMonitor(monitor, 1, SubProgressMonitor.SUPPRESS_SUBTASK_LABEL));