diff --git a/jdk/src/jdk.crypto.ucrypto/solaris/classes/com/oracle/security/ucrypto/Config.java b/jdk/src/jdk.crypto.ucrypto/solaris/classes/com/oracle/security/ucrypto/Config.java
index e9abf1a73ec..4fd0f9946b0 100644
--- a/jdk/src/jdk.crypto.ucrypto/solaris/classes/com/oracle/security/ucrypto/Config.java
+++ b/jdk/src/jdk.crypto.ucrypto/solaris/classes/com/oracle/security/ucrypto/Config.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ final class Config {
 
     Config(String filename) throws IOException {
         FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(expand(filename));
-        reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
+        reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in, "ISO-8859-1"));
         parsedKeywords = new HashSet<String>();
         st = new StreamTokenizer(reader);
         setupTokenizer();
diff --git a/jdk/test/com/oracle/security/ucrypto/ReadConfInUTF16Env.java b/jdk/test/com/oracle/security/ucrypto/ReadConfInUTF16Env.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b4301fd88d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdk/test/com/oracle/security/ucrypto/ReadConfInUTF16Env.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import java.security.Security;
+
+public class ReadConfInUTF16Env {
+    public static void main(String argv[]) {
+        String name = Security.getProvider("OracleUcrypto").getName();
+        System.out.println(name);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jdk/test/com/oracle/security/ucrypto/ReadConfInUTF16Env.sh b/jdk/test/com/oracle/security/ucrypto/ReadConfInUTF16Env.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..10a35f0cd6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jdk/test/com/oracle/security/ucrypto/ReadConfInUTF16Env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+#
+# This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+# accompanied this code).
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+# 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+# or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+# questions.
+#
+
+# @test
+# @bug 8160267
+# @requires (os.family == "solaris")
+# @summary Ucrypto config file cannot be read with -Dfile.encoding=UTF-16
+# @build UcryptoTest ReadConfInUTF16Env
+# @run shell ReadConfInUTF16Env.sh
+
+# jtreg does not like -Dfile.encoding=UTF-16 inside a @run main line,
+# testlibrary.ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder() also had troubles
+# executing a subprocess with -Dfile.encoding=UTF-16 option added,
+# therefore a shell test is written.
+
+$TESTJAVA/bin/java $TESTVMOPTS -cp $TESTCLASSES \
+  -Dfile.encoding=UTF-16 \
+  ReadConfInUTF16Env