diff --git a/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshaller.java b/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshaller.java
index f4e3336b4aa..a988fbd2c1e 100644
--- a/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshaller.java
+++ b/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshaller.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ public class JibxMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller implements InitializingBe
 	protected Object unmarshalInputStream(InputStream inputStream) throws XmlMappingException, IOException {
 		try {
 			IUnmarshallingContext unmarshallingContext = createUnmarshallingContext();
-			return unmarshallingContext.unmarshalDocument(inputStream, null);
+			return unmarshallingContext.unmarshalDocument(inputStream, encoding);
 		}
 		catch (JiBXException ex) {
 			throw convertJibxException(ex, false);
diff --git a/spring-oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/FlightType.java b/spring-oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/FlightType.java
index c34003aa922..c779e9382ca 100644
--- a/spring-oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/FlightType.java
+++ b/spring-oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/FlightType.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2006-2012 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,13 +18,23 @@ package org.springframework.oxm.jibx;
 
 public class FlightType {
 
-    protected long number;
+	protected String airline;
 
-    public long getNumber() {
-        return this.number;
-    }
+	protected long number;
 
-    public void setNumber(long number) {
-        this.number = number;
-    }
+	public String getAirline() {
+		return this.airline;
+	}
+
+	public void setAirline(String airline) {
+		this.airline = airline;
+	}
+
+	public long getNumber() {
+		return this.number;
+	}
+
+	public void setNumber(long number) {
+		this.number = number;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxUnmarshallerTests.java b/spring-oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxUnmarshallerTests.java
index 3b19ec620c9..871af7388f1 100644
--- a/spring-oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxUnmarshallerTests.java
+++ b/spring-oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxUnmarshallerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@
 
 package org.springframework.oxm.jibx;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
 
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.oxm.AbstractUnmarshallerTests;
 import org.springframework.oxm.Unmarshaller;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
 /**
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  *
@@ -31,6 +35,10 @@ import org.springframework.oxm.Unmarshaller;
  */
 public class JibxUnmarshallerTests extends AbstractUnmarshallerTests {
 
+	protected static final String INPUT_STRING_WITH_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS =
+			"<tns:flights xmlns:tns=\"http://samples.springframework.org/flight\">" +
+					"<tns:flight><tns:airline>Air Liberté</tns:airline><tns:number>42</tns:number></tns:flight></tns:flights>";
+
 	@Override
 	protected Unmarshaller createUnmarshaller() throws Exception {
 		JibxMarshaller unmarshaller = new JibxMarshaller();
@@ -60,4 +68,17 @@ public class JibxUnmarshallerTests extends AbstractUnmarshallerTests {
 		// JiBX does not support reading XML fragments, hence the override here
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void unmarshalStreamSourceInputStreamUsingNonDefaultEncoding() throws Exception {
+		String encoding = "ISO-8859-1";
+		((JibxMarshaller)unmarshaller).setEncoding(encoding);
+
+		StreamSource source = new StreamSource(new ByteArrayInputStream(INPUT_STRING_WITH_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS.getBytes(encoding)));
+		Object flights = unmarshaller.unmarshal(source);
+		testFlights(flights);
+
+		FlightType flight = ((Flights)flights).getFlight(0);
+		assertEquals("Airline is invalid", "Air Liberté", flight.getAirline());
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-oxm/src/test/resources/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/binding.xml b/spring-oxm/src/test/resources/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/binding.xml
index 415021ce064..2f8cc0ad924 100644
--- a/spring-oxm/src/test/resources/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/binding.xml
+++ b/spring-oxm/src/test/resources/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/binding.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     </mapping>
     <mapping name="flight" class="org.springframework.oxm.jibx.FlightType">
         <namespace uri="http://samples.springframework.org/flight" default="elements"/>
+        <value name="airline" field="airline" usage="optional"/>
         <value name="number" field="number" usage="required"/>
     </mapping>
 </binding>