diff --git a/include/eepp/ui/doc/textformat.hpp b/include/eepp/ui/doc/textformat.hpp
index 04c1873d5..d80bd370b 100644
--- a/include/eepp/ui/doc/textformat.hpp
+++ b/include/eepp/ui/doc/textformat.hpp
@@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ class EE_API TextFormat {
 	LineEnding newLine = LineEnding::LF;
 	bool bom = false;
 
+	static std::vector<std::pair<Encoding, std::string>> encodings();
+
 	static std::string lineEndingToString( const TextFormat::LineEnding& le );
 
 	static TextFormat::LineEnding stringToLineEnding( const std::string& str );
 
 	static std::string encodingToString( TextFormat::Encoding enc );
 
+	static Encoding encodingFromString( const std::string_view& str );
+
 	static TextFormat autodetect( IOStream& ins );
 };
 
diff --git a/src/eepp/ui/doc/textformat.cpp b/src/eepp/ui/doc/textformat.cpp
index d16e0fa49..04fa0e620 100644
--- a/src/eepp/ui/doc/textformat.cpp
+++ b/src/eepp/ui/doc/textformat.cpp
@@ -520,6 +520,20 @@ TextFormat::LineEnding TextFormat::stringToLineEnding( const std::string& str )
 	return TextFormat::LineEnding::LF;
 }
 
+TextFormat::Encoding TextFormat::encodingFromString( const std::string_view& str ) {
+	switch ( String::hash( str ) ) {
+		case static_cast<String::HashType>( TextFormat::Encoding::UTF16LE ):
+			return TextFormat::Encoding::UTF16LE;
+		case static_cast<String::HashType>( TextFormat::Encoding::UTF16BE ):
+			return TextFormat::Encoding::UTF16BE;
+		case static_cast<String::HashType>( TextFormat::Encoding::Latin1 ):
+			return TextFormat::Encoding::Latin1;
+		case static_cast<String::HashType>( TextFormat::Encoding::UTF8 ):
+		default:
+			return TextFormat::Encoding::UTF8;
+	}
+}
+
 std::string TextFormat::encodingToString( TextFormat::Encoding enc ) {
 	switch ( enc ) {
 		case TextFormat::Encoding::UTF16LE:
@@ -535,4 +549,13 @@ std::string TextFormat::encodingToString( TextFormat::Encoding enc ) {
 	return "UTF-8";
 }
 
+std::vector<std::pair<TextFormat::Encoding, std::string>> TextFormat::encodings() {
+	std::vector<std::pair<TextFormat::Encoding, std::string>> encs;
+	encs.emplace_back( Encoding::UTF8, encodingToString( Encoding::UTF8 ) );
+	encs.emplace_back( Encoding::UTF16BE, encodingToString( Encoding::UTF16BE ) );
+	encs.emplace_back( Encoding::UTF16LE, encodingToString( Encoding::UTF16LE ) );
+	encs.emplace_back( Encoding::Latin1, encodingToString( Encoding::Latin1 ) );
+	return encs;
+}
+
 }}} // namespace EE::UI::Doc
diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/settingsmenu.cpp b/src/tools/ecode/settingsmenu.cpp
index 93438a323..a7f7ea509 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/settingsmenu.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/settingsmenu.cpp
@@ -245,6 +245,34 @@ UIMenu* SettingsMenu::createDocumentMenu() {
 			mApp->getConfig().doc.autoDetectIndentType )
 		->setId( "auto_indent_cur" );
 
+	UIPopUpMenu* fileEncoding = UIPopUpMenu::New();
+	auto encodings = TextFormat::encodings();
+	for ( const auto& enc : encodings )
+		fileEncoding->addRadioButton( enc.second )->setId( enc.second );
+	mDocMenu->addSubMenu( i18n( "file_encoding", "File Encoding" ), nullptr, fileEncoding )
+		->setId( "file_encoding" );
+	fileEncoding->on( Event::OnItemClicked, [this]( const Event* event ) {
+		const String& text = event->getNode()->asType<UIMenuRadioButton>()->getId();
+		if ( mSplitter->curEditorExistsAndFocused() ) {
+			auto enc = TextFormat::encodingFromString( text.toUtf8() );
+			if ( enc == mSplitter->getCurEditor()->getDocument().getEncoding() )
+				return;
+			mSplitter->getCurEditor()->getDocument().setEncoding( enc );
+			mApp->updateDocInfo( mSplitter->getCurEditor()->getDocument() );
+			if ( !mSplitter->getCurEditor()->getDocument().hasFilepath() )
+				return;
+			auto msgBox = UIMessageBox::New(
+				UIMessageBox::YES_NO, i18n( "confirm_new_file_encoding",
+											"To confirm the new file encoding it's required to "
+											"save the file. Do you want to save it now?" ) );
+			msgBox->on( Event::OnConfirm, [this]( auto ) {
+				if ( mSplitter->curEditorExistsAndFocused() )
+					mSplitter->getCurEditor()->getDocument().save();
+			} );
+			msgBox->showWhenReady();
+		}
+	} );
+
 	UIPopUpMenu* tabTypeMenu = UIPopUpMenu::New();
 	tabTypeMenu->addRadioButton( i18n( "tabs", "Tabs" ) )->setId( "tabs" );
 	tabTypeMenu->addRadioButton( i18n( "spaces", "Spaces" ) )->setId( "spaces" );
@@ -1561,6 +1589,13 @@ void SettingsMenu::updateDocumentMenu() {
 		->asType<UIMenuCheckBox>()
 		->setActive( doc.getAutoDetectIndentType() );
 
+	auto* curEncoding = mDocMenu->find( "file_encoding" )
+							->asType<UIMenuSubMenu>()
+							->getSubMenu()
+							->find( TextFormat::encodingToString( doc.getEncoding() ) );
+	if ( curEncoding )
+		curEncoding->asType<UIMenuRadioButton>()->setActive( true );
+
 	auto* curIndent = mDocMenu->find( "indent_width_cur" )
 						  ->asType<UIMenuSubMenu>()
 						  ->getSubMenu()