diff --git a/themes/zero/layouts/partials/header.html b/themes/zero/layouts/partials/header.html
index ba2e3c9..30cf442 100644
--- a/themes/zero/layouts/partials/header.html
+++ b/themes/zero/layouts/partials/header.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <html>
   <head>
     <title>{{ if eq .URL "/" }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ else }}{{ .Title }} - {{ .Site.Title }}{{ end }}</title>
+    <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
     {{ if .RSSlink }}
     <link href="{{ .RSSlink }}" rel="alternate" title="RSS 2.0" type="application/rss+xml" />
     {{ end }}
