diff -r f2d57d49d36b jmh-core/src/main/java/org/openjdk/jmh/util/Utils.java
--- a/jmh-core/src/main/java/org/openjdk/jmh/util/Utils.java	Fri Sep 11 19:03:00 2015 +0300
+++ b/jmh-core/src/main/java/org/openjdk/jmh/util/Utils.java	Mon Sep 21 03:25:30 2015 +0300
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@
 import java.io.*;
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-import java.nio.charset.IllegalCharsetNameException;
 import java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
@@ -198,10 +195,10 @@
         // reflectively poking out the Charset from Console, and use it for our own private output streams.
 
         try {
-            Field f = Console.class.getDeclaredField("cs");
-            f.setAccessible(true);
             Console console = System.console();
             if (console != null) {
+                Field f = Console.class.getDeclaredField("cs");
+                f.setAccessible(true);
                 Object res = f.get(console);
                 if (res instanceof Charset) {
                     return (Charset) res;
@@ -214,20 +211,22 @@
         }
 
         try {
-            Method m = Console.class.getDeclaredMethod("encoding");
-            m.setAccessible(true);
-            Object res = m.invoke(null);
-            if (res instanceof String) {
-                return Charset.forName((String) res);
+            PrintStream out = System.out;
+            if (out != null) {
+                Field f = PrintStream.class.getDeclaredField("charOut");
+                f.setAccessible(true);
+                Object res = f.get(out);
+                if (res instanceof OutputStreamWriter) {
+                    String encoding = ((OutputStreamWriter) res).getEncoding();
+                    if (encoding != null) {
+                        return Charset.forName(encoding);
+                    }
+                }
             }
-        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
-            // fall-through
-        } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+        } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
             // fall-through
         } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
             // fall-through
-        } catch (IllegalCharsetNameException e) {
-            // fall-through
         } catch (UnsupportedCharsetException e) {
             // fall-through
         }