diff --git a/addons/report_webkit/data.xml b/addons/report_webkit/data.xml
index 62a76697ea5..6cc254b1451 100644
--- a/addons/report_webkit/data.xml
+++ b/addons/report_webkit/data.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         <record id="ir_header_webkit_basesample0" model="ir.header_webkit">
             <field name="footer_html"><![CDATA[<html>
     <head>
+        <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"/>
         <script>
             function subst() {
             var vars={};
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
             <field eval="&quot;&quot;&quot;A4&quot;&quot;&quot;" name="format"/>
             <field name="html"><![CDATA[<html>
     <head>
+        <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"/>
         <script>
             function subst() {
             var vars={};
diff --git a/addons/report_webkit/webkit_report.py b/addons/report_webkit/webkit_report.py
index f48795c34d3..406013cef12 100644
--- a/addons/report_webkit/webkit_report.py
+++ b/addons/report_webkit/webkit_report.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import pooler
 from report_helper import WebKitHelper
 from report.report_sxw import *
 import addons
+import tools
 from tools.translate import _
 from osv.osv import except_osv
 
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ class WebKitParser(report_sxw):
             header = u"""
 <html>
     <head>
+        <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"/>
         <style type="text/css"> 
             ${css}
         </style>
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ class WebKitParser(report_sxw):
                                             time=time,
                                             helper=helper,
                                             css=css,
-                                            _debug=html.decode(),
+                                            _debug=tools.ustr(html),
                                             formatLang=self.formatLang,
                                             setLang=self.setLang,
                                             _=self.translate_call,