diff --git a/plugins/rest/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/rest/ContentTypeInterceptor.java b/plugins/rest/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/rest/ContentTypeInterceptor.java
index 40924fc5a..03d299c86 100644
--- a/plugins/rest/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/rest/ContentTypeInterceptor.java
+++ b/plugins/rest/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/rest/ContentTypeInterceptor.java
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ public class ContentTypeInterceptor extends AbstractInterceptor {
         }
 
         if (request.getContentLength() > 0) {
+            final String encoding = request.getCharacterEncoding();
             InputStream is = request.getInputStream();
-            InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(is);
+            InputStreamReader reader = encoding == null ? new InputStreamReader(is) : new InputStreamReader(is, encoding);
             handler.toObject(invocation, reader, target);
         }
         return invocation.invoke();
diff --git a/plugins/rest/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/rest/ContentTypeInterceptorTest.java b/plugins/rest/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/rest/ContentTypeInterceptorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed1f7e8e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/rest/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/rest/ContentTypeInterceptorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.struts2.rest;
+
+import com.mockobjects.dynamic.AnyConstraintMatcher;
+import com.mockobjects.dynamic.Mock;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.Action;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionContext;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionInvocation;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+import org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.mapper.ActionMapping;
+import org.apache.struts2.rest.handler.ContentTypeHandler;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
+
+public class ContentTypeInterceptorTest extends TestCase {
+
+    public void testRequestWithoutEncoding() throws Exception {
+        ContentTypeInterceptor interceptor = new ContentTypeInterceptor();
+
+        ActionSupport action = new ActionSupport();
+
+        Mock mockActionInvocation = new Mock(ActionInvocation.class);
+        Mock mockContentTypeHandler = new Mock(ContentTypeHandler.class);
+        mockContentTypeHandler.expect("toObject", new AnyConstraintMatcher() {
+            public boolean matches(Object[] args) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        });
+        mockActionInvocation.expectAndReturn("invoke", Action.SUCCESS);
+        mockActionInvocation.expectAndReturn("getAction", action);
+        Mock mockContentTypeHandlerManager = new Mock(ContentTypeHandlerManager.class);
+        mockContentTypeHandlerManager.expectAndReturn("getHandlerForRequest", new AnyConstraintMatcher() {
+            public boolean matches(Object[] args) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }, mockContentTypeHandler.proxy());
+        interceptor.setContentTypeHandlerSelector((ContentTypeHandlerManager) mockContentTypeHandlerManager.proxy());
+
+        MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+        request.setContent(new byte[] {1});
+
+        ActionContext.of()
+            .withActionMapping(new ActionMapping())
+            .withServletRequest(request)
+            .bind();
+
+        interceptor.intercept((ActionInvocation) mockActionInvocation.proxy());
+        mockContentTypeHandlerManager.verify();
+        mockActionInvocation.verify();
+        mockContentTypeHandler.verify();
+    }
+
+    public void testRequestWithEncodingAscii() throws Exception {
+        final Charset charset = StandardCharsets.US_ASCII;
+
+        ContentTypeInterceptor interceptor = new ContentTypeInterceptor();
+
+        ActionSupport action = new ActionSupport();
+
+        Mock mockActionInvocation = new Mock(ActionInvocation.class);
+        Mock mockContentTypeHandler = new Mock(ContentTypeHandler.class);
+        mockContentTypeHandler.expect("toObject", new AnyConstraintMatcher() {
+            public boolean matches(Object[] args) {
+                InputStreamReader in = (InputStreamReader) args[1];
+                return charset.equals(Charset.forName(in.getEncoding()));
+            }
+        });
+        mockActionInvocation.expectAndReturn("invoke", Action.SUCCESS);
+        mockActionInvocation.expectAndReturn("getAction", action);
+        Mock mockContentTypeHandlerManager = new Mock(ContentTypeHandlerManager.class);
+        mockContentTypeHandlerManager.expectAndReturn("getHandlerForRequest", new AnyConstraintMatcher() {
+            public boolean matches(Object[] args) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }, mockContentTypeHandler.proxy());
+        interceptor.setContentTypeHandlerSelector((ContentTypeHandlerManager) mockContentTypeHandlerManager.proxy());
+
+        MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+        request.setContent(new byte[] {1});
+        request.setCharacterEncoding(charset.name());
+
+        ActionContext.of()
+            .withActionMapping(new ActionMapping())
+            .withServletRequest(request)
+            .bind();
+
+        interceptor.intercept((ActionInvocation) mockActionInvocation.proxy());
+        mockContentTypeHandlerManager.verify();
+        mockActionInvocation.verify();
+        mockContentTypeHandler.verify();
+    }
+
+    public void testRequestWithEncodingUtf() throws Exception {
+        final Charset charset = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
+        ContentTypeInterceptor interceptor = new ContentTypeInterceptor();
+
+        ActionSupport action = new ActionSupport();
+
+        Mock mockActionInvocation = new Mock(ActionInvocation.class);
+        Mock mockContentTypeHandler = new Mock(ContentTypeHandler.class);
+        mockContentTypeHandler.expect("toObject", new AnyConstraintMatcher() {
+            public boolean matches(Object[] args) {
+                InputStreamReader in = (InputStreamReader) args[1];
+                return charset.equals(Charset.forName(in.getEncoding()));
+            }
+        });
+        mockActionInvocation.expectAndReturn("invoke", Action.SUCCESS);
+        mockActionInvocation.expectAndReturn("getAction", action);
+        Mock mockContentTypeHandlerManager = new Mock(ContentTypeHandlerManager.class);
+        mockContentTypeHandlerManager.expectAndReturn("getHandlerForRequest", new AnyConstraintMatcher() {
+            public boolean matches(Object[] args) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }, mockContentTypeHandler.proxy());
+        interceptor.setContentTypeHandlerSelector((ContentTypeHandlerManager) mockContentTypeHandlerManager.proxy());
+
+        MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+        request.setContent(new byte[] {1});
+        request.setCharacterEncoding(charset.name());
+
+        ActionContext.of()
+            .withActionMapping(new ActionMapping())
+            .withServletRequest(request)
+            .bind();
+
+        interceptor.intercept((ActionInvocation) mockActionInvocation.proxy());
+        mockContentTypeHandlerManager.verify();
+        mockActionInvocation.verify();
+        mockContentTypeHandler.verify();
+    }
+}