diff --git a/html/inc/email.inc b/html/inc/email.inc
index 84675155a4..90e446b8fb 100644
--- a/html/inc/email.inc
+++ b/html/inc/email.inc
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function send_email($user, $subject, $body, $body_html=null, $email_addr=null) {
$body = "\n";
$body = $body_html;
$body .= "\n\n";
- $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
+ $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8' . "\r\n";
}
return mail($email_addr, $subject, $body, $headers);
}