--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/util/Util.java	Wed Oct 10 16:48:21 2012 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/util/Util.java	Wed Oct 10 18:08:19 2012 -0700
@@ -367,7 +367,13 @@
                     while((n = in.read(buf))>0) out.write(buf,0,n);
                 } else {
                     BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
-                    BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out));
+                    BufferedWriter writer;
+                    if (configuration.docencoding == null) {
+                        writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out));
+                    } else {
+                        writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out,
+                            configuration.docencoding));
+                    }
                     try {
                         String line;
                         while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/langtools/test/com/sun/javadoc/testDocEncoding/TestDocEncoding.java	Wed Oct 10 18:08:19 2012 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 2012 IBM Corporation
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug      8000743
+ * @summary  Run tests on -docencoding to see if the value is
+             used for stylesheet as well.
+ * @author   jayashree viswanathan
+ * @library  ../lib/
+ * @build    JavadocTester TestDocEncoding
+ * @run main TestDocEncoding
+ */
+
+public class TestDocEncoding extends JavadocTester {
+
+    //Test information.
+    private static final String BUG_ID = "8000743";
+
+    //Javadoc arguments.
+    private static final String[] ARGS = new String[] {
+        "-d", BUG_ID, "-docencoding", "Cp930",
+        "-sourcepath", SRC_DIR, "pkg"
+    };
+
+    private static final String[][] TEST = NO_TEST;
+
+    private static final String[][] NEGATED_TEST = {
+        {BUG_ID + FS + "stylesheet.css",
+            "body {" + NL + "    background-color:#ffffff;"}
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * The entry point of the test.
+     * @param args the array of command line arguments.
+     */
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        TestDocEncoding tester = new TestDocEncoding();
+        run(tester, ARGS, TEST, NEGATED_TEST);
+        tester.printSummary();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public String getBugId() {
+        return BUG_ID;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public String getBugName() {
+        return getClass().getName();
+    }
+}
+

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/langtools/test/com/sun/javadoc/testDocEncoding/pkg/Test.java	Wed Oct 10 18:08:19 2012 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 2012 IBM Corporation
+ */
+
+package pkg;
+
+public class Test {}
+