diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/D8.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/D8.cs
index e2e5b9349b1..463d1cb2280 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/D8.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tasks/D8.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.IO;
 using Xamarin.Android.Tools;
 using Microsoft.Android.Build.Tasks;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace Xamarin.Android.Tasks
 {
@@ -42,11 +43,13 @@ public class D8 : JavaToolTask
 
 		public string ExtraArguments { get; set; }
 
-		protected override string GenerateCommandLineCommands ()
+		protected override string GenerateResponseFileCommands ()
 		{
 			return GetCommandLineBuilder ().ToString ();
 		}
 
+		protected override Encoding ResponseFileEncoding => Encoding.UTF8;
+
 		protected virtual string MainClass => "com.android.tools.r8.D8";
 
 		protected int MinSdkVersion { get; set; }