diff --git a/gradle/ide.gradle b/gradle/ide.gradle
index d5215f2875f..fc3d07afc7d 100644
--- a/gradle/ide.gradle
+++ b/gradle/ide.gradle
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ eclipse.classpath.file.whenMerged {
 // Include project specific settings
 task eclipseSettings(type: Copy) {
 	from rootProject.files(
+		'src/eclipse/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs',
 		'src/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs',
 		'src/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs')
 	into project.file('.settings/')
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ task eclipseSettings(type: Copy) {
 }
 
 task cleanEclipseSettings(type: Delete) {
+	delete project.file('.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs')
 	delete project.file('.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs')
 	delete project.file('.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs')
 }
diff --git a/src/eclipse/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/src/eclipse/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..99f26c0203a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/eclipse/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8