diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGenerator.java b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGenerator.java
index 5940b25..c97d923 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGenerator.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginHelpGenerator.java
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ package org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.generator;
  */
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ public class PluginHelpGenerator
         Writer writer = null;
         try
         {
-            writer = new FileWriter( helpClass );
+            writer = new OutputStreamWriter( new FileOutputStream( helpClass ), request.getEncoding() );
             writeClass( writer, pluginDescriptor, helpDescriptor );
             writer.flush();
         }