diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 201e0d605b7..08e2a82facb 100755
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ErrorDocument 404 /core/templates/404.php
 php_value upload_max_filesize 513M
 php_value post_max_size 513M
 php_value memory_limit 512M
+php_value mbstring.func_overload 0
 <IfModule env_module>
   SetEnv htaccessWorking true
 </IfModule>