diff --git src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
index ca95bad..fa81ab1 100644
--- src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
+++ src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
@@ -1310,11 +1310,8 @@ dumpCreateDB(PGconn *conn)
 			if (strlen(dbowner) != 0)
 				appendPQExpBuffer(buf, " OWNER = %s", fmtId(dbowner));
 
-			if (default_encoding && strcmp(dbencoding, default_encoding) != 0)
-			{
-				appendPQExpBuffer(buf, " ENCODING = ");
-				appendStringLiteralConn(buf, dbencoding, conn);
-			}
+			appendPQExpBuffer(buf, " ENCODING = ");
+			appendStringLiteralConn(buf, dbencoding, conn);
 
 			if (default_collate && strcmp(dbcollate, default_collate) != 0)
 			{