diff --git a/pandora_server/util/pandora_xml_stress.conf b/pandora_server/util/pandora_xml_stress.conf
index 25a86134ec..e114356c5b 100644
--- a/pandora_server/util/pandora_xml_stress.conf
+++ b/pandora_server/util/pandora_xml_stress.conf
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ log_file pandora_xml_stress.log
 # XML version, by default 1.0.
 xml_version 1.0
 
-# XML encoding, by default ISO-8859-1.
-encoding ISO-8859-1
+# XML encoding, by default UTF-8.
+encoding UTF-8
 
 # Operating system (shared by all agents), by default Linux.
 os_name Linux
diff --git a/pandora_server/util/pandora_xml_stress.pl b/pandora_server/util/pandora_xml_stress.pl
index 128d4cd06b..99528f219c 100755
--- a/pandora_server/util/pandora_xml_stress.pl
+++ b/pandora_server/util/pandora_xml_stress.pl
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ sub generate_xml_files ($$$$$$) {
 	# Read agent configuration
 	my $interval = get_conf_token ($conf, 'agent_interval', '300');
 	my $xml_version = get_conf_token ($conf, 'xml_version', '1.0');
-	my $encoding = get_conf_token ($conf, 'encoding', 'ISO-8859-1');
+	my $encoding = get_conf_token ($conf, 'encoding', 'UTF-8');
 	my $os_name = get_conf_token ($conf, 'os_name', 'Linux');
 	my $os_version = get_conf_token ($conf, 'os_version', '2.6');
 	my $temporal = get_conf_token ($conf, 'temporal', '/tmp');