diff --git a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/gradle.tmpl.properties b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/gradle.tmpl.properties
index cea16375d2..d9439e317f 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/gradle.tmpl.properties
+++ b/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/common/build/templates/gradle.tmpl.properties
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2500m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemor
 {% if args.enable_androidx %}
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
-{% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2500m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+{% endif %}