diff --git a/test/functional/repositories_git_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/repositories_git_controller_test.rb
index 86d6035f..fa3669f4 100644
--- a/test/functional/repositories_git_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/repositories_git_controller_test.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ class RepositoriesGitControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
     @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
     @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
     User.current = nil
-    @repository = Repository::Git.create(:project => Project.find(3), :url => REPOSITORY_PATH)
+    @repository = Repository::Git.create(
+                      :project => Project.find(3),
+                      :url     => REPOSITORY_PATH,
+                      :path_encoding => 'ISO-8859-1'
+                      )
     assert @repository
   end