diff --git a/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/SnapshotDescriptor.java b/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/SnapshotDescriptor.java
index 79d745eb6c2..0499be9363d 100644
--- a/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/SnapshotDescriptor.java
+++ b/vmware-base/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/mo/SnapshotDescriptor.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class SnapshotDescriptor {
     public void parse(byte[] vmsdFileContent) throws IOException {
         BufferedReader in = null;
         try {
-            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(vmsdFileContent)));
+            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(vmsdFileContent),"UTF-8"));
             String line;
             while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
                 // TODO, remember to remove this log, temporarily added for debugging purpose