diff --git a/header.inc.php3 b/header.inc.php3
index 2feb963c6..a8a96d273 100755
--- a/header.inc.php3
+++ b/header.inc.php3
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 /* $Id$ */
 
 require("./lib.inc.php3");
+header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=' . $charset);
 
 ?>
 <html>
 <head>
 <title>phpMyAdmin</title>
 <style type="text/css">
-//<!--
+<!--
 body {  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt}
 th   {  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; background-color: <?php echo $cfgThBgcolor;?>;}
 td   {  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;}
@@ -21,13 +22,13 @@ A:link.nav {  font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000
 A:visited.nav {  font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000}
 A:hover.nav {  font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: red;}
 .nav {  font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000}
-
 //-->
 </style>
 <!--
 <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="Fri, Jun 12 1981 08:20:00 GMT">
 <META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
 <META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" CONTENT="no-cache">
+<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type: text/html; charset=<?php echo $charset; ?>">
 -->
 </head>
 
diff --git a/left.php3 b/left.php3
index ea5f62c3b..c9d6949e3 100755
--- a/left.php3
+++ b/left.php3
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /* $Id$ */
  
 require("./lib.inc.php3");
+header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=' . $charset);
 ?>
 
 <html>
