diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/filtering/FilteringUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/filtering/FilteringUtils.java
index aa12a5e..a96da55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/filtering/FilteringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/filtering/FilteringUtils.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.MalformedInputException;
 import java.nio.file.FileSystemException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
@@ -317,6 +318,9 @@ public final class FilteringUtils {
                         writer.write(buffer, 0, nRead);
                     }
                 }
+            } catch (MalformedInputException e) {
+                // Most likely a binary; just copy it then
+                copyFile(from, to, encoding, null, overwrite);
             }
         }