2 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
index f023a2a..182d7e4 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
@@ -496,6 +496,18 @@ cmLocalGenerator* cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::CreateLocalGenerator(cmMakefile* mf)
   return new cmLocalNinjaGenerator(this, mf);
 }
 
+codecvt::Encoding cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::GetMakefileEncoding() const
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  // Ninja on Windows does not support non-ANSI characters.
+  // https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/issues/1195
+  return codecvt::ANSI;
+#else
+  // No encoding conversion needed on other platforms.
+  return codecvt::None;
+#endif
+}
+
 void cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::GetDocumentation(cmDocumentationEntry& entry)
 {
   entry.Name = cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::GetActualName();
@@ -766,7 +778,8 @@ void cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::OpenBuildFileStream()
 
   // Get a stream where to generate things.
   if (!this->BuildFileStream) {
-    this->BuildFileStream = new cmGeneratedFileStream(buildFilePath.c_str());
+    this->BuildFileStream = new cmGeneratedFileStream(
+      buildFilePath.c_str(), false, this->GetMakefileEncoding());
     if (!this->BuildFileStream) {
       // An error message is generated by the constructor if it cannot
       // open the file.
@@ -803,7 +816,8 @@ void cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::OpenRulesFileStream()
 
   // Get a stream where to generate things.
   if (!this->RulesFileStream) {
-    this->RulesFileStream = new cmGeneratedFileStream(rulesFilePath.c_str());
+    this->RulesFileStream = new cmGeneratedFileStream(
+      rulesFilePath.c_str(), false, this->GetMakefileEncoding());
     if (!this->RulesFileStream) {
       // An error message is generated by the constructor if it cannot
       // open the file.
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h
index 8613cb4..1084469 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.h
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ public:
 
   static std::string GetActualName() { return "Ninja"; }
 
+  /** Get encoding used by generator for ninja files */
+  codecvt::Encoding GetMakefileEncoding() const CM_OVERRIDE;
+
   static void GetDocumentation(cmDocumentationEntry& entry);
 
   void EnableLanguage(std::vector<std::string> const& languages,