diff -r ef50c4f07e4f -r 419d8802bcba emul/compact/src/test/java/org/apidesign/bck2brwsr/compact/tck/ReaderTest.java
--- a/emul/compact/src/test/java/org/apidesign/bck2brwsr/compact/tck/ReaderTest.java	Tue Feb 12 12:07:55 2013 +0100
+++ b/emul/compact/src/test/java/org/apidesign/bck2brwsr/compact/tck/ReaderTest.java	Fri Feb 15 11:40:01 2013 +0100
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
             (byte)-120 
         };
         ByteArrayInputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(arr);
-        InputStreamReader r = new InputStreamReader(is);
+        InputStreamReader r = new InputStreamReader(is, "UTF-8");
         
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         for (;;) {