diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedPropertiesLoader.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedPropertiesLoader.java
index 3e0e06c1e2b9..9e2bc86e2457 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedPropertiesLoader.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedPropertiesLoader.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ private static class CharacterReader implements Closeable {
 
 		CharacterReader(Resource resource) throws IOException {
 			this.reader = new LineNumberReader(
-					new InputStreamReader(resource.getInputStream()));
+					new InputStreamReader(resource.getInputStream(), "8859_1"));
 		}
 
 		@Override
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedPropertiesLoaderTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedPropertiesLoaderTests.java
index 77eff0c05cf2..a869b0d64a58 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedPropertiesLoaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/OriginTrackedPropertiesLoaderTests.java
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ public void getListProperty() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(getValue(mango)).isEqualTo("Mango");
 		assertThat(getLocation(mango)).isEqualTo("27:1");
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void getPropertyWithISO88591Character() throws Exception {
+		OriginTrackedValue value = this.properties.get("test-iso8859-1-chars");
+		assertThat(getValue(value)).isEqualTo("æ×ÈÅÞßáñÀÿ");
+	}
 
 	private Object getValue(OriginTrackedValue value) {
 		return (value == null ? null : value.getValue());
@@ -238,5 +244,4 @@ private String getLocation(OriginTrackedValue value) {
 		}
 		return ((TextResourceOrigin) value.getOrigin()).getLocation().toString();
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/env/test-properties.properties b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/env/test-properties.properties
index 19dabb34fbaf..245f30a11435 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/env/test-properties.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/env/test-properties.properties
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ test-property-value-comment=foo \
 !bar #foo
 test-multiline-immediate-bang=\
 !foo
+
+#test ISO 8859-1
+test-iso8859-1-chars=æ×ÈÅÞßáñÀÿ
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