diff --git a/src/root/layout.tt b/src/root/layout.tt
index 2337599b..b82dad23 100644
--- a/src/root/layout.tt
+++ b/src/root/layout.tt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
   <head>
     <title>Hydra - [% HTML.escape(title) %]</title>
 
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
+
     <script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.1/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
 
