SQL scripts are loaded with the default charset ----------------------------------------------- Key: ARQ-1800 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ARQ-1800 Project: Arquillian Issue Type: Feature Request Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: Extension - Persistence Affects Versions: persistence_1.0.0.Alpha7 Reporter: jean-françois Lefebvre Assignee: Bartosz Majsak Fix For: persistence_1.0.0.next SQLSripts are loaded with the default plateform charset. Could you please add a property like this : <extension qualifier="persistence"> <property name="defaultEncoding">XXX</property> </extension> to set the default scripts encoding. see org.jboss.arquillian.persistence.script.ScriptLoader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));