diff --git a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_main.php b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_main.php
index f79da2e5fe..79b829e8c2 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_main.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_main.php
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ class acp_main
 		$encoding_translation	= $this->php_ini->getString('mbstring.encoding_translation');
 		$http_input				= $this->php_ini->getString('mbstring.http_input');
 		$http_output			= $this->php_ini->getString('mbstring.http_output');
-		$default_charset		= $this->php_ini->getString('default_charset');
+		$default_charset		= strtolower($this->php_ini->getString('default_charset'));
 
 		if (extension_loaded('mbstring'))
 		{
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ class acp_main
 				'S_MBSTRING_ENCODING_TRANSLATION_FAIL'	=> $encoding_translation && ($encoding_translation != 0),
 				'S_MBSTRING_HTTP_INPUT_FAIL'			=> !empty($http_input),
 				'S_MBSTRING_HTTP_OUTPUT_FAIL'			=> !empty($http_output),
-				'S_DEFAULT_CHARSET_FAIL'				=> $default_charset !== 'UTF-8',
+				'S_DEFAULT_CHARSET_FAIL'				=> $default_charset !== 'utf-8',
 			]);
 		}