diff --git a/inc/templates/header.php b/inc/templates/header.php
index 1cce6c5433a..e016cd9f021 100755
--- a/inc/templates/header.php
+++ b/inc/templates/header.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
     <head>
+	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
 	<title>ownCloud</title>
 	<base href="<?php echo($WEBROOT); ?>/"/>
 	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php
