diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49d432b0..a0a2563d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [7.0.1] - unreleased
+
+### Changed
+
+- UTF-8 encoding is now mentioned in HTML head section
+
 ## [7.0.0] - 2020-09-18
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/rich/console.py b/rich/console.py
index adf62a25..c5b7585b 100644
--- a/rich/console.py
+++ b/rich/console.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ OverflowMethod = Literal["fold", "crop", "ellipsis", "ignore"]
 CONSOLE_HTML_FORMAT = """\
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <head>
+<meta charset="UTF-8">
 <style>
 {stylesheet}
 body {{
diff --git a/tests/test_console.py b/tests/test_console.py
index 62a45900..e16b2a05 100644
--- a/tests/test_console.py
+++ b/tests/test_console.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def test_export_html():
     console = Console(record=True, width=100)
     console.print("[b]foo [link=https://example.org]Click[/link]")
     html = console.export_html()
-    expected = '<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<style>\n.r1 {font-weight: bold}\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <code>\n        <pre style="font-family:Menlo,\'DejaVu Sans Mono\',consolas,\'Courier New\',monospace"><span class="r1">foo </span><a href="https://example.org"><span class="r1">Click</span></a>\n</pre>\n    </code>\n</body>\n</html>\n'
+    expected = '<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset="UTF-8">\n<style>\n.r1 {font-weight: bold}\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <code>\n        <pre style="font-family:Menlo,\'DejaVu Sans Mono\',consolas,\'Courier New\',monospace"><span class="r1">foo </span><a href="https://example.org"><span class="r1">Click</span></a>\n</pre>\n    </code>\n</body>\n</html>\n'
     assert html == expected
 
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def test_export_html_inline():
     console = Console(record=True, width=100)
     console.print("[b]foo [link=https://example.org]Click[/link]")
     html = console.export_html(inline_styles=True)
-    expected = '<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<style>\n\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <code>\n        <pre style="font-family:Menlo,\'DejaVu Sans Mono\',consolas,\'Courier New\',monospace"><span style="font-weight: bold">foo </span><a href="https://example.org"><span style="font-weight: bold">Click</span></a>\n</pre>\n    </code>\n</body>\n</html>\n'
+    expected = '<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset="UTF-8">\n<style>\n\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <code>\n        <pre style="font-family:Menlo,\'DejaVu Sans Mono\',consolas,\'Courier New\',monospace"><span style="font-weight: bold">foo </span><a href="https://example.org"><span style="font-weight: bold">Click</span></a>\n</pre>\n    </code>\n</body>\n</html>\n'
     assert html == expected
 
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def test_save_text():
 
 
 def test_save_html():
-    expected = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<style>\n\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <code>\n        <pre style=\"font-family:Menlo,'DejaVu Sans Mono',consolas,'Courier New',monospace\">foo\n</pre>\n    </code>\n</body>\n</html>\n"
+    expected = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n<style>\n\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <code>\n        <pre style=\"font-family:Menlo,'DejaVu Sans Mono',consolas,'Courier New',monospace\">foo\n</pre>\n    </code>\n</body>\n</html>\n"
     console = Console(record=True, width=100)
     console.print("foo")
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as path:
