diff --git a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/tools/Converter.java b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/tools/Converter.java
index 4288fab..05a0948 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/tools/Converter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/collections/tools/Converter.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.IllegalCharsetNameException;
+import java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -31,17 +33,31 @@ public class Converter
             "com\\.gs\\.collections", "org\\.eclipse\\.collections",
             "com\\.goldmansachs", "org\\.eclipse\\.collections",
             "gs-collections", "eclipse-collections");
+    public static final Charset DEFAULT_ENCODING = Charset.forName("UTF-8");
+    private static Charset endoding = DEFAULT_ENCODING;
 
     public static void main(String... args)
     {
-        if (args.length != 1)
+        if (args.length < 1)
         {
-            System.out.println("Usage: gsc-ec-converter <PATH_TO_PROJECT>");
+            System.out.println("Usage: gsc-ec-converter <PATH_TO_PROJECT> [File encoding]");
             System.exit(1);
         }
         String path = args[0];
         if (Files.exists(Paths.get(path)))
         {
+            if (args.length == 2)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    endoding = Charset.forName(args[1]);
+                }
+                catch (IllegalCharsetNameException | UnsupportedCharsetException e)
+                {
+                    System.out.println("Invalid file encoding is passed: " + args[1]);
+                    System.exit(1);
+                }
+            }
             System.out.println("Running Eclipse Collections Converter against " + path + ".");
             Converter.convert(path);
             System.out.println("Done!");
@@ -64,7 +80,7 @@ private static void convert(String path)
                         try
                         {
                             boolean[] fileChanged = {false};
-                            List<String> replacedLines = Files.lines(file, Charset.defaultCharset()).map(line -> {
+                            List<String> replacedLines = Files.lines(file, endoding).map(line -> {
                                 String newLine = Converter.replaceMatching(line);
                                 fileChanged[0] = fileChanged[0] || !newLine.equals(line);
                                 return newLine;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/eclipse/collections/tools/ConverterTest.java b/src/test/java/org/eclipse/collections/tools/ConverterTest.java
index d0cabf5..b8d7e6b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/eclipse/collections/tools/ConverterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/eclipse/collections/tools/ConverterTest.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public void main() throws Exception
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void invalidArg()
+    public void invalidArg1()
     {
         try
         {
@@ -91,6 +91,20 @@ public void invalidArg()
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void invalidArg2()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            Converter.main(this.testDir.getAbsolutePath(), "nonExistingEncoding");
+            Assert.fail("Converter should fail for non existing encoding");
+        }
+        catch (RuntimeException e)
+        {
+            Assert.assertEquals(1, ExitMock.getInstance().getStatus());
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void invalidPath()
     {