diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 19ee4305a8..a1bb98b309 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@
           </archive>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1</version>
+          <configuration>
+                    <source>1.6</source>
+                    <target>1.6</target>
+                    <fork>true</fork>
+                    <executable>${JAVA_1_6_HOME}/bin/javac</executable>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>