diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/app/servlet/BaseTemplateContentServlet.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/app/servlet/BaseTemplateContentServlet.java
index f005f02139..ef5293e43f 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/app/servlet/BaseTemplateContentServlet.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/app/servlet/BaseTemplateContentServlet.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
  */
 public abstract class BaseTemplateContentServlet extends BaseServlet
 {
-   private static final String MIMETYPE_HTML = "text/html";
+   private static final String MIMETYPE_HTML = "text/html;charset=utf-8";
 
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4123407921997235977L;