diff --git a/config/alfresco/repository.properties b/config/alfresco/repository.properties
index ff250ed65c..736fe5d4ee 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/repository.properties
+++ b/config/alfresco/repository.properties
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ mail.port=25
 mail.username=anonymous
 mail.password=
 # Set this value to UTF-8 or similar for encoding of email messages as required
-mail.encoding=
+mail.encoding=UTF-8
 
 # System Configuration