diff --git a/samples/basic-setup/tslint.json b/samples/basic-setup/tslint.json
index 1645da0..8ab292a 100644
--- a/samples/basic-setup/tslint.json
+++ b/samples/basic-setup/tslint.json
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
             "check-operator",
             "check-separator",
             "check-type"
-        ]
+        ],
+        "encoding": true
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/using-existing-tslint-output/tslint.json b/samples/using-existing-tslint-output/tslint.json
index 1645da0..8ab292a 100644
--- a/samples/using-existing-tslint-output/tslint.json
+++ b/samples/using-existing-tslint-output/tslint.json
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
             "check-operator",
             "check-separator",
             "check-type"
-        ]
+        ],
+        "encoding": true
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/tslint/tslint-rules.properties b/src/main/resources/tslint/tslint-rules.properties
index 6ee28bf..bb69afe 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/tslint/tslint-rules.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/tslint/tslint-rules.properties
@@ -754,3 +754,9 @@ whitespace.name=Inappropriate whitespace between tokens
 whitespace.severity=MINOR
 whitespace.debtFunc=CONSTANT_ISSUE
 whitespace.debtScalar=5min
+
+encoding=true
+encoding.name=Enforces UTF-8 file encoding
+encoding.severity=MINOR
+encoding.debtFunc=CONSTANT_ISSUE
+encoding.debtScalar=1min
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/pablissimo/sonar/TypeScriptRuleProfileTest.java b/src/test/java/com/pablissimo/sonar/TypeScriptRuleProfileTest.java
index 1223b3b..889076e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/pablissimo/sonar/TypeScriptRuleProfileTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/pablissimo/sonar/TypeScriptRuleProfileTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
                 "completed-docs",
                 "curly",
                 "cyclomatic-complexity",
+                "encoding",
                 "eofline",
                 "file-header",
                 "forin",