diff --git a/files/nginx.conf b/files/nginx.conf
index 7bc944cf..16280baa 100644
--- a/files/nginx.conf
+++ b/files/nginx.conf
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ http {
 	# server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
 	# server_name_in_redirect off;
 
+	# Serve content as UTF-8 by default
+	charset utf-8;
+
 	include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
 	default_type application/octet-stream;