diff --git a/phpBB/templates/subSilver/overall_header.tpl b/phpBB/templates/subSilver/overall_header.tpl
index 6c28840dc0..e7636e72fc 100644
--- a/phpBB/templates/subSilver/overall_header.tpl
+++ b/phpBB/templates/subSilver/overall_header.tpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 <html>
 <head>
-<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html" />
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset={S_CONTENT_ENCODING}" />
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" />
 {META}
 {NAV_LINKS}
