diff --git a/src/app/FakeLib/ProcessHelper.fs b/src/app/FakeLib/ProcessHelper.fs
index 80ddba10b25..598e8bc0131 100644
--- a/src/app/FakeLib/ProcessHelper.fs
+++ b/src/app/FakeLib/ProcessHelper.fs
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ open System.Collections.Generic
 open System.Collections.Concurrent
 open System.ServiceProcess
 
+
+/// If set to true the ProcessHelper will start all processes with a custom ProcessEncoding.
+/// If set to false (default) only mono processes will be changed.
+let mutable AlwaysSetProcessEncoding = false
+
+/// The ProcessHelper will start all processes with this encoding if AlwaysSetProcessEncoding is set to true.
+/// If AlwaysSetProcessEncoding is set to false (default) only mono processes will be changed.
+let mutable ProcessEncoding = Encoding.UTF8
+
 /// [omit]
 type internal ConcurrentBag<'T> with
     member internal this.Clear() =
@@ -23,14 +32,16 @@ let startedProcesses = ConcurrentBag()
 
 /// [omit]
 let start (proc : Process) =
-    try
-        System.Console.OutputEncoding <- System.Text.Encoding.UTF8
-    with exn ->
-        logfn "Failed setting UTF8 console encoding, ignoring error... %s." exn.Message
+    if isMono || AlwaysSetProcessEncoding then
+        try
+            System.Console.OutputEncoding <- System.Text.Encoding.UTF8
+        with exn ->
+            logfn "Failed setting UTF8 console encoding, ignoring error... %s." exn.Message
 
     if isMono && proc.StartInfo.FileName.ToLowerInvariant().EndsWith(".exe") then
         proc.StartInfo.Arguments <- "--debug \"" + proc.StartInfo.FileName + "\" " + proc.StartInfo.Arguments
         proc.StartInfo.FileName <- monoPath
+
     proc.Start() |> ignore
     startedProcesses.Add(proc.Id, proc.StartTime) |> ignore
 
@@ -57,6 +68,7 @@ type ProcessResult =
           Messages = messages
           Errors = errors }
 
+
 /// Runs the given process and returns the exit code.
 /// ## Parameters
 ///
@@ -77,9 +89,9 @@ let ExecProcessWithLambdas configProcessStartInfoF (timeOut : TimeSpan) silent e
     if silent then
         proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput <- true
         proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError <- true
-        if isMono then
-            proc.StartInfo.StandardOutputEncoding <- Encoding.UTF8
-            proc.StartInfo.StandardErrorEncoding  <- Encoding.UTF8
+        if isMono || AlwaysSetProcessEncoding then
+            proc.StartInfo.StandardOutputEncoding <- ProcessEncoding
+            proc.StartInfo.StandardErrorEncoding  <- ProcessEncoding
         proc.ErrorDataReceived.Add(fun d ->
             if d.Data <> null then errorF d.Data)
         proc.OutputDataReceived.Add(fun d ->