diff --git a/htroot/Blog.rss b/htroot/Blog.rss
index 2cc62a7f8..945f62a39 100644
--- a/htroot/Blog.rss
+++ b/htroot/Blog.rss
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <rss version="2.0">
 <channel>
 	<title><![CDATA[YaCy '#[clientname]#': Blog]]></title>
diff --git a/htroot/Bookmarks.rss b/htroot/Bookmarks.rss
index 7078c48d2..f5dec691f 100644
--- a/htroot/Bookmarks.rss
+++ b/htroot/Bookmarks.rss
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <rss version="2.0">
 	<channel>
 		<title><![CDATA[YaCy '#[clientname]#': Bookmarks]]></title>
diff --git a/htroot/Messages_p.rss b/htroot/Messages_p.rss
index 4c792c69b..1aabd52b8 100644
--- a/htroot/Messages_p.rss
+++ b/htroot/Messages_p.rss
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <rss version="2.0">
 <channel>
 	<title><![CDATA[YaCy '#[clientname]#': Messages]]></title>
diff --git a/htroot/News.rss b/htroot/News.rss
index c66dbe87e..8b26c3ace 100644
--- a/htroot/News.rss
+++ b/htroot/News.rss
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <rss version="2.0">
 <channel>
 	<title><![CDATA[YaCy '#[clientname]#': #(page)#News Overview::Incoming News::Processed News::Outgoing News::Published News#(/page)#]]></title>
diff --git a/htroot/Surftips.rss b/htroot/Surftips.rss
index 9d71abc47..777c0023e 100644
--- a/htroot/Surftips.rss
+++ b/htroot/Surftips.rss
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='/yacysearch.xsl' version='1.0'?>
 <rss version="2.0"
 	xmlns:yacySurftips="http://www.yacy.net/yacy/surftips"