diff --git a/src/root/layout.tt b/src/root/layout.tt
index 3357726b..78152407 100644
--- a/src/root/layout.tt
+++ b/src/root/layout.tt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   <head>
     <title>Hydra - [% HTML.escape(title) %]</title>
 
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
     <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge" />
 
     <script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
