diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/subsystems/shells/subsystems/RemoteCmdSubSystem.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/subsystems/shells/subsystems/RemoteCmdSubSystem.java
index d7195155d8b..9a759f1414e 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/subsystems/shells/subsystems/RemoteCmdSubSystem.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/subsystems/shells/subsystems/RemoteCmdSubSystem.java
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ public abstract class RemoteCmdSubSystem extends SubSystem implements IRemoteCmd
 			set = createPropertySet("IBM", getDescription());
 		}
 		set.addProperty("shell.encoding", encoding);
+		setDirty(true);
+		commit();
 	}
 
 	/**