Index: container/src/java/org/apache/pluto/core/impl/PortletResponseImpl.java
===================================================================
--- container/src/java/org/apache/pluto/core/impl/PortletResponseImpl.java	(revision 126023)
+++ container/src/java/org/apache/pluto/core/impl/PortletResponseImpl.java	(working copy)
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 
         if (wrappedWriter == null)
         {
-            wrappedWriter = new PrintWriterServletOutputStream(_getHttpServletResponse().getWriter());
+            wrappedWriter = new PrintWriterServletOutputStream(_getHttpServletResponse().getWriter(), _getHttpServletResponse().getCharacterEncoding());
         }
 
         usingStream = true;
Index: container/src/java/org/apache/pluto/util/PrintWriterServletOutputStream.java
===================================================================
--- container/src/java/org/apache/pluto/util/PrintWriterServletOutputStream.java	(revision 126023)
+++ container/src/java/org/apache/pluto/util/PrintWriterServletOutputStream.java	(working copy)
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
 
@@ -40,14 +41,24 @@
   PrintWriter mPrintWriter;
 
   /**
+   * Output encoding to display page
+   */
+  private String characterEncoding;
+
+  /**
    * Construct a ServletOutputStream that coordinates output using a base
    * ServletOutputStream and a PrintWriter that is wrapped on top of that
    * OutputStream.
    */
-  public PrintWriterServletOutputStream(PrintWriter pO)
+  public PrintWriterServletOutputStream(PrintWriter pO, String enc)
   {
     super();
     mPrintWriter = pO;
+    characterEncoding = enc;
+    if (characterEncoding == null)
+    {
+      characterEncoding = "";
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -58,10 +69,23 @@
    */
   public void write(byte[] pBuf) throws IOException
   {
-    char[] cbuf = new char[pBuf.length];
-    for (int i = 0; i < cbuf.length; i++)
-      cbuf[i] = (char)(pBuf[i] & 0xff);
-    mPrintWriter.write(cbuf, 0, pBuf.length);
+    String buf = "";
+    if (characterEncoding.equals(""))
+    {
+        buf = new String(pBuf);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      try
+      {
+          buf = new String(pBuf, characterEncoding);
+      }
+      catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
+      {
+          buf = new String(pBuf);
+      }
+    }
+    mPrintWriter.write(buf);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -82,10 +106,23 @@
    */
   public void write(byte[] pBuf, int pOffset, int pLength) throws IOException
   {
-    char[] cbuf = new char[pLength];
-    for (int i = 0; i < pLength; i++)
-      cbuf[i] = (char)(pBuf[i + pOffset] & 0xff);
-    mPrintWriter.write(cbuf, 0, pLength);
+    String buf = "";
+    if (characterEncoding.equals(""))
+    {
+        buf = new String(pBuf);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      try
+      {
+          buf = new String(pBuf, pOffset, pLength, characterEncoding);
+      }
+      catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
+      {
+          buf = new String(pBuf, pOffset, pLength);
+      }
+    }
+    mPrintWriter.write(buf);
   }
 
   /**