diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/ProjectInfoAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/ProjectInfoAutoConfiguration.java
index 8be72a8577..1b08c66c76 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/ProjectInfoAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/ProjectInfoAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
+import org.springframework.core.io.support.EncodedResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertiesLoaderUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotatedTypeMetadata;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * {@link EnableAutoConfiguration Auto-configuration} for various project information.
@@ -60,7 +62,8 @@ public class ProjectInfoAutoConfiguration {
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 	@Bean
 	public GitProperties gitProperties() throws Exception {
-		return new GitProperties(loadFrom(this.properties.getGit().getLocation(), "git"));
+		return new GitProperties(loadFrom(this.properties.getGit().getLocation(), "git",
+				this.properties.getGit().getEncoding()));
 	}
 
 	@ConditionalOnResource(resources = "${spring.info.build.location:classpath:META-INF/build-info.properties}")
@@ -68,12 +71,18 @@ public class ProjectInfoAutoConfiguration {
 	@Bean
 	public BuildProperties buildProperties() throws Exception {
 		return new BuildProperties(
-				loadFrom(this.properties.getBuild().getLocation(), "build"));
+				loadFrom(this.properties.getBuild().getLocation(), "build",
+						this.properties.getBuild().getEncoding()));
 	}
 
-	protected Properties loadFrom(Resource location, String prefix) throws IOException {
+	protected Properties loadFrom(Resource location, String prefix, String encoding) throws IOException {
 		String p = prefix.endsWith(".") ? prefix : prefix + ".";
-		Properties source = PropertiesLoaderUtils.loadProperties(location);
+		Properties source = null;
+		if (StringUtils.isEmpty(encoding)) {
+			source = PropertiesLoaderUtils.loadProperties(location);
+		} else {
+			source = PropertiesLoaderUtils.loadProperties(new EncodedResource(location, encoding));
+		}
 		Properties target = new Properties();
 		for (String key : source.stringPropertyNames()) {
 			if (key.startsWith(p)) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/ProjectInfoProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/ProjectInfoProperties.java
index beca19685a..0aca49e5de 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/ProjectInfoProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/ProjectInfoProperties.java
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ public class ProjectInfoProperties {
 		private Resource location = new ClassPathResource(
 				"META-INF/build-info.properties");
 
+		/**
+		 * build-info.properties file encoding.
+		 */
+		private String encoding;
+
 		public Resource getLocation() {
 			return this.location;
 		}
@@ -60,6 +65,14 @@ public class ProjectInfoProperties {
 			this.location = location;
 		}
 
+		public String getEncoding() {
+			return this.encoding;
+		}
+
+		public void setEncoding(String encoding) {
+			this.encoding = encoding;
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -72,6 +85,11 @@ public class ProjectInfoProperties {
 		 */
 		private Resource location = new ClassPathResource("git.properties");
 
+		/**
+		 * git.properties file encoding.
+		 */
+		private String encoding;
+
 		public Resource getLocation() {
 			return this.location;
 		}
@@ -80,6 +98,14 @@ public class ProjectInfoProperties {
 			this.location = location;
 		}
 
+		public String getEncoding() {
+			return this.encoding;
+		}
+
+		public void setEncoding(String encoding) {
+			this.encoding = encoding;
+		}
+
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/ProjectInfoAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/ProjectInfoAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 9905a36060..a05878d3c8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/ProjectInfoAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/ProjectInfoAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ public class ProjectInfoAutoConfigurationTests {
 				});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void gitPropertiesWithUnicode() {
+		load("spring.info.git.location=classpath:/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/git.properties",
+				"spring.info.git.encoding=utf-8");
+		GitProperties gitProperties = this.context.getBean(GitProperties.class);
+		assertThat(gitProperties.get("commit.unicode")).isEqualTo("中文");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void buildPropertiesDefaultLocation() {
 		this.contextRunner.run((context) -> {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/git.properties b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/git.properties
index 2f49e6f821..7d93087432 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/git.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/info/git.properties
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ git.commit.user.email=john@example.com
 git.commit.id=f95038ec09e29d8f91982fd1cbcc0f3b131b1d0a
 git.commit.user.name=John Smith
 git.commit.time=2016-03-03T10\:02\:00+0100
+git.commit.unicode=中文