diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7b857e9e1c..a783cdc93f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Feb 12 10:15:14 2008  NARUSE, Yui  <naruse@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* ruby.c (load_file): enc must effect source encoding.
+	  [ruby-core#15496]
+
 Tue Feb 12 10:16:47 2008  Eric Hodel  <drbrain@segment7.net>
 
 	* lib/rdoc/ri/paths.rb:  Restore require rubygems check.
diff --git a/ruby.c b/ruby.c
index f33096b9f0..5138e0841c 100644
--- a/ruby.c
+++ b/ruby.c
@@ -1192,6 +1192,7 @@ load_file(VALUE parser, const char *fname, int script, struct cmdline_options *o
     else {
 	enc = rb_usascii_encoding();
     }
+    rb_funcall(f, rb_intern("set_encoding"), 1, rb_enc_from_encoding(enc));
     tree = (NODE *)rb_parser_compile_file(parser, fname, f, line_start);
     rb_funcall(f, rb_intern("set_encoding"), 1, rb_parser_encoding(parser));
     if (script && rb_parser_end_seen_p(parser)) {