diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 66e7399a0..9e096c9d8 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ Other changes:
    generated.
    Bugzilla Report 62379
 
+ * The <includesfile> and <excludesfile> nested elements of
+   <patternset> and <fileset> now support an encoding attribute that
+   can be used to specify the file's encoding.
+   Bugzilla Report 62379
+
 Changes from Ant 1.9.10 TO Ant 1.9.11
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/manual/Types/patternset.html b/manual/Types/patternset.html
index 4ad433dbc..1cfcb8f0b 100644
--- a/manual/Types/patternset.html
+++ b/manual/Types/patternset.html
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ you can use to test the existence of a property.</p>
       <b>not</b> set</a>.</td>
     <td align="center" valign="top">No</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td valign="top">encoding</td>
+    <td valign="top">The encoding of the file. <em>Since Ant 1.9.12</em></td>
+    <td valign="top" align="center">No, default is platform default</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 <h4><code>patternset</code></h4>
 <p>Patternsets may be nested within one another, adding the nested
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/types/fileset.xml b/src/etc/testcases/types/fileset.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0f6949ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/types/fileset.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+<project name="test">
+  <target name="no-encoding">
+    <echo file="${java.io.tmpdir}/foo">fileset.xml</echo>
+    <pathconvert targetos="unix" property="property">
+      <fileset dir="${basedir}">
+        <includesfile name="${java.io.tmpdir}/foo"/>
+      </fileset>
+      <map from="${basedir}" to="/abc"/>
+    </pathconvert>
+    <echo>${property}</echo>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="encoding">
+    <echo file="${java.io.tmpdir}/foo" encoding="UTF-16LE">fileset.xml</echo>
+    <pathconvert targetos="unix" property="property">
+      <fileset dir="${basedir}">
+        <includesfile name="${java.io.tmpdir}/foo" encoding="UTF-16LE"/>
+      </fileset>
+      <map from="${basedir}" to="/abc"/>
+    </pathconvert>
+    <echo>${property}</echo>
+  </target>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Delete.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Delete.java
index b22c7cc91..bf266a09c 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Delete.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Delete.java
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public class Delete extends MatchingTask {
 
     /**
      * add a name entry on the include files list
-     * @return a NameEntry object to be configured
+     * @return a PatternFileNameEntry object to be configured
      */
     public PatternSet.NameEntry createIncludesFile() {
         usedMatchingTask = true;
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public class Delete extends MatchingTask {
 
     /**
      * add a name entry on the include files list
-     * @return a NameEntry object to be configured
+     * @return a PatternFileNameEntry object to be configured
      */
     public PatternSet.NameEntry createExcludesFile() {
         usedMatchingTask = true;
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MatchingTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MatchingTask.java
index c35af03a2..8707a39a3 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MatchingTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/MatchingTask.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public abstract class MatchingTask extends Task implements SelectorContainer {
 
     /**
      * add a name entry on the include files list
-     * @return an NameEntry object to be configured
+     * @return an PatternFileNameEntry object to be configured
      */
     public PatternSet.NameEntry createIncludesFile() {
         return fileset.createIncludesFile();
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public abstract class MatchingTask extends Task implements SelectorContainer {
 
     /**
      * add a name entry on the include files list
-     * @return an NameEntry object to be configured
+     * @return an PatternFileNameEntry object to be configured
      */
     public PatternSet.NameEntry createExcludesFile() {
         return fileset.createExcludesFile();
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/AbstractFileSet.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/AbstractFileSet.java
index 0c1d57d4e..1dca341c1 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/AbstractFileSet.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/AbstractFileSet.java
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileSet extends DataType
 
     /**
      * Add a name entry to the include files list.
-     * @return <code>PatternSet.NameEntry</code>.
+     * @return <code>PatternSet.PatternFileNameEntry</code>.
      */
     public synchronized PatternSet.NameEntry createIncludesFile() {
         if (isReference()) {
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileSet extends DataType
 
     /**
      * Add a name entry to the excludes files list.
-     * @return <code>PatternSet.NameEntry</code>.
+     * @return <code>PatternSet.PatternFileNameEntry</code>.
      */
     public synchronized PatternSet.NameEntry createExcludesFile() {
         if (isReference()) {
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/PatternSet.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/PatternSet.java
index 9fb94050c..cd5797b2d 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/PatternSet.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/PatternSet.java
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ package org.apache.tools.ant.types;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
@@ -40,8 +42,8 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;
 public class PatternSet extends DataType implements Cloneable {
     private List<NameEntry> includeList = new ArrayList<NameEntry>();
     private List<NameEntry> excludeList = new ArrayList<NameEntry>();
-    private List<NameEntry> includesFileList = new ArrayList<NameEntry>();
-    private List<NameEntry> excludesFileList = new ArrayList<NameEntry>();
+    private List<PatternFileNameEntry> includesFileList = new ArrayList<PatternFileNameEntry>();
+    private List<PatternFileNameEntry> excludesFileList = new ArrayList<PatternFileNameEntry>();
 
     /**
      * inner class to hold a name on list.  "If" and "Unless" attributes
@@ -176,6 +178,45 @@ public class PatternSet extends DataType implements Cloneable {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds encoding support to {@link NameEntry}.
+     * @since Ant 1.9.12
+     */
+    public class PatternFileNameEntry extends NameEntry {
+        private String encoding;
+
+        /**
+         * Encoding to use when reading the file, defaults to the platform's default
+         * encoding.
+         *
+         * <p>
+         * For a list of possible values see
+         * <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html">
+         * https://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html</a>.
+         * </p>
+         *
+         * @param encoding String
+         */
+        public final void setEncoding(String encoding) {
+            this.encoding = encoding;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Encoding to use when reading the file, defaults to the platform's default
+         * encoding.
+         */
+        public final String getEncoding() {
+            return encoding;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            String baseString = super.toString();
+            return encoding == null ? baseString
+                : new StringBuilder(baseString).append(";encoding->").append(encoding).toString();
+        }
+    }
+
     private static final class InvertedPatternSet extends PatternSet {
         private InvertedPatternSet(PatternSet p) {
             setProject(p.getProject());
@@ -255,7 +296,7 @@ public class PatternSet extends DataType implements Cloneable {
         if (isReference()) {
             throw noChildrenAllowed();
         }
-        return addPatternToList(includesFileList);
+        return addPatternFileToList(includesFileList);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -277,7 +318,7 @@ public class PatternSet extends DataType implements Cloneable {
         if (isReference()) {
             throw noChildrenAllowed();
         }
-        return addPatternToList(excludesFileList);
+        return addPatternFileToList(excludesFileList);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -325,6 +366,15 @@ public class PatternSet extends DataType implements Cloneable {
         return result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * add a pattern file name entry to the given list
+     */
+    private PatternFileNameEntry addPatternFileToList(List<PatternFileNameEntry> list) {
+        PatternFileNameEntry result = new PatternFileNameEntry();
+        list.add(result);
+        return result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the name of the file containing the includes patterns.
      *
@@ -355,13 +405,17 @@ public class PatternSet extends DataType implements Cloneable {
      *  Reads path matching patterns from a file and adds them to the
      *  includes or excludes list (as appropriate).
      */
-    private void readPatterns(File patternfile, List<NameEntry> patternlist, Project p)
+    private void readPatterns(File patternfile, String encoding, List<NameEntry> patternlist, Project p)
             throws BuildException {
 
         BufferedReader patternReader = null;
         try {
             // Get a FileReader
-            patternReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(patternfile));
+            if (encoding == null) {
+                patternReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(patternfile));
+            } else {
+                patternReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(patternfile), encoding));
+            }
 
             // Create one NameEntry in the appropriate pattern list for each
             // line in the file.
@@ -478,7 +532,7 @@ public class PatternSet extends DataType implements Cloneable {
      */
     private void readFiles(Project p) {
         if (includesFileList.size() > 0) {
-            for (NameEntry ne : includesFileList) {
+            for (PatternFileNameEntry ne : includesFileList) {
                 String fileName = ne.evalName(p);
                 if (fileName != null) {
                     File inclFile = p.resolveFile(fileName);
@@ -486,13 +540,13 @@ public class PatternSet extends DataType implements Cloneable {
                         throw new BuildException("Includesfile " + inclFile.getAbsolutePath()
                                 + " not found.");
                     }
-                    readPatterns(inclFile, includeList, p);
+                    readPatterns(inclFile, ne.getEncoding(), includeList, p);
                 }
             }
             includesFileList.clear();
         }
         if (excludesFileList.size() > 0) {
-            for (NameEntry ne : excludesFileList) {
+            for (PatternFileNameEntry ne : excludesFileList) {
                 String fileName = ne.evalName(p);
                 if (fileName != null) {
                     File exclFile = p.resolveFile(fileName);
@@ -500,7 +554,7 @@ public class PatternSet extends DataType implements Cloneable {
                         throw new BuildException("Excludesfile " + exclFile.getAbsolutePath()
                                 + " not found.");
                     }
-                    readPatterns(exclFile, excludeList, p);
+                    readPatterns(exclFile, ne.getEncoding(), excludeList, p);
                 }
             }
             excludesFileList.clear();
@@ -523,8 +577,8 @@ public class PatternSet extends DataType implements Cloneable {
             PatternSet ps = (PatternSet) super.clone();
             ps.includeList = new ArrayList<NameEntry>(includeList);
             ps.excludeList = new ArrayList<NameEntry>(excludeList);
-            ps.includesFileList = new ArrayList<NameEntry>(includesFileList);
-            ps.excludesFileList = new ArrayList<NameEntry>(excludesFileList);
+            ps.includesFileList = new ArrayList<PatternFileNameEntry>(includesFileList);
+            ps.excludesFileList = new ArrayList<PatternFileNameEntry>(excludesFileList);
             return ps;
         } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
             throw new BuildException(e);
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/Files.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/Files.java
index 521bcc8d2..a28e3a75c 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/Files.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/Files.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class Files extends AbstractSelectorContainer
 
     /**
      * Add a name entry to the include files list.
-     * @return <code>PatternSet.NameEntry</code>.
+     * @return <code>PatternSet.PatternFileNameEntry</code>.
      */
     public synchronized PatternSet.NameEntry createIncludesFile() {
         if (isReference()) {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class Files extends AbstractSelectorContainer
 
     /**
      * Add a name entry to the excludes files list.
-     * @return <code>PatternSet.NameEntry</code>.
+     * @return <code>PatternSet.PatternFileNameEntry</code>.
      */
     public synchronized PatternSet.NameEntry createExcludesFile() {
         if (isReference()) {
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/types/FileSetTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/types/FileSetTest.java
index e5aa8758f..3ca5faa46 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/types/FileSetTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/types/FileSetTest.java
@@ -18,17 +18,41 @@
 
 package org.apache.tools.ant.types;
 
+import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildFileRule;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 /**
  * JUnit 4 testcases for org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet.
- *
- * <p>This doesn't actually test much, mainly reference handling.</p>
  */
 
 public class FileSetTest extends AbstractFileSetTest {
 
+    @Rule
+    public BuildFileRule buildRule = new BuildFileRule();
+
+    @Before
+    public void buildFileRuleSetUp() {
+        buildRule.configureProject("src/etc/testcases/types/fileset.xml");
+    }
+
     protected AbstractFileSet getInstance() {
         return new FileSet();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testNoEncoding() {
+        buildRule.executeTarget("no-encoding");
+        assertEquals("/abc/fileset.xml", buildRule.getLog());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEncoding() {
+        buildRule.executeTarget("encoding");
+        assertEquals("/abc/fileset.xml", buildRule.getLog());
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/types/PatternSetTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/types/PatternSetTest.java
index a4f27b0ce..6baecbb89 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/types/PatternSetTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/types/PatternSetTest.java
@@ -20,11 +20,18 @@ package org.apache.tools.ant.types;
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.Project;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
@@ -202,4 +209,26 @@ public class PatternSetTest {
         assertEquals("Includes", "**/*.java", includes[0]);
         assertEquals("Excludes", "**/*.class", excludes[0]);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEncodingOfIncludesFile() throws IOException {
+        File testFile = File.createTempFile("ant-", ".pattern");
+        testFile.deleteOnExit();
+        OutputStream o = null;
+        Writer w = null;
+        try {
+            o = new FileOutputStream(testFile);
+            w = new OutputStreamWriter(o, "UTF-16LE");
+            w.write("\u00e4\n");
+        } finally {
+            FileUtils.close(w);
+            FileUtils.close(o);
+        }
+        PatternSet p = new PatternSet();
+        PatternSet.PatternFileNameEntry ne =
+            (PatternSet.PatternFileNameEntry) p.createIncludesFile();
+        ne.setName(testFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        ne.setEncoding("UTF-16LE");
+        assertArrayEquals(new String[] { "\u00e4" }, p.getIncludePatterns(project));
+    }
 }