diff --git a/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.Tests/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.Tests.csproj b/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.Tests/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.Tests.csproj
index 4445d2a5..be83c5ba 100644
--- a/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.Tests/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.Tests.csproj
+++ b/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.Tests/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.Tests.csproj
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@
     <None Update="xsd\simple\restriction.xsd">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
-    <None Update="xsd\simple\simple.xsd">
+    <None Update="xsd\simple\windows1250.xsd">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
     <None Update="xsd\ts-api\ts-api_2_8.xsd">
diff --git a/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.Tests/xsd/simple/windows1250.xsd b/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.Tests/xsd/simple/windows1250.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5845eec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.Tests/xsd/simple/windows1250.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1250"?>
+<xs:schema targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/XMLSchema.xsd"
+    elementFormDefault="qualified"
+    xmlns="http://tempuri.org/XMLSchema.xsd"
+    xmlns:mstns="http://tempuri.org/XMLSchema.xsd"
+    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+>
+  <xs:element name="Windows1250Root">
+    <xs:complexType>
+      <xs:sequence>
+        <xs:element name="elem" type="xs:string" />
+      </xs:sequence>
+    </xs:complexType>
+  </xs:element>
+</xs:schema>
diff --git a/XmlSchemaClassGenerator/Generator.cs b/XmlSchemaClassGenerator/Generator.cs
index c6b4aaeb..9ac725f2 100644
--- a/XmlSchemaClassGenerator/Generator.cs
+++ b/XmlSchemaClassGenerator/Generator.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Xml;
 using System.Xml.Schema;
 
@@ -258,6 +259,11 @@ public bool SeparateSubstitutes
             set { _configuration.SeparateSubstitutes = value; }
         }
 
+        static Generator()
+        {
+            Encoding.RegisterProvider(CodePagesEncodingProvider.Instance);
+        }
+
         public void Generate(IEnumerable<string> files)
         {
             var set = new XmlSchemaSet();
diff --git a/XmlSchemaClassGenerator/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.csproj b/XmlSchemaClassGenerator/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.csproj
index 96bcd1e1..108de0c8 100644
--- a/XmlSchemaClassGenerator/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.csproj
+++ b/XmlSchemaClassGenerator/XmlSchemaClassGenerator.csproj
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
     <SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
+    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);NETSTANDARD</DefineConstants>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461' ">
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations" />
@@ -37,19 +41,16 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
-    <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);NETSTANDARD</DefineConstants>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' ">
     <PackageReference Include="System.CodeDom" Version="4.7.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.ComponentModel.Annotations" Version="4.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="4.7.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>