diff --git a/languages/translations/fr.po b/languages/translations/fr.po
index d7c594f71b..17cdf5496c 100644
--- a/languages/translations/fr.po
+++ b/languages/translations/fr.po
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ msgstr ""
 ##########################################
 # The charset used for the text in this file (please try to use UTF-8 if possible)
 msgid "CHARSET"
-msgstr "UTF-8"
+msgstr "iso-8859-1"
 
 # The name of this language in this language
 msgid "LANG_NAME_NATIVE"