diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/ctest_build/ParallelLevel-check.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/ctest_build/ParallelLevel-check.cmake
index f45d2a29f5..b775d59858 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/ctest_build/ParallelLevel-check.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/ctest_build/ParallelLevel-check.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 file(GLOB build_xml_file "${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}/Testing/*/Build.xml")
 if(build_xml_file)
-  file(STRINGS "${build_xml_file}" build_cmd LIMIT_COUNT 1 REGEX "<BuildCommand>")
+  file(STRINGS "${build_xml_file}" build_cmd LIMIT_COUNT 1 REGEX "<BuildCommand>" ENCODING UTF-8)
   if(NOT build_cmd MATCHES [[ --parallel "1"]])
     set(RunCMake_TEST_FAILED
       "Build.xml does not have expected build command with --parallel flag"