diff --git a/ApiVisualEditor.php b/ApiVisualEditor.php
index 7bb83a55d3..f57c3f9e6d 100644
--- a/ApiVisualEditor.php
+++ b/ApiVisualEditor.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class ApiVisualEditor extends ApiBase {
 			$request['body'] = $params;
 		}
 		// Should be synchronised with modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.ArticleTargetLoader.js
-		$reqheaders['Accept'] = 'text/html;profile=mediawiki.org/specs/html/1.2.0';
+		$reqheaders['Accept'] = 'text/html; charset=utf-8; profile="mediawiki.org/specs/html/1.2.0"';
 		$request['headers'] = $reqheaders;
 		$response = $this->serviceClient->run( $request );
 		if ( $response['code'] === 200 && $response['error'] === "" ) {
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.ArticleTargetLoader.js b/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.ArticleTargetLoader.js
index 71703a6cfc..9c4dea55b6 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.ArticleTargetLoader.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/init/ve.init.mw.ArticleTargetLoader.js
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 							stash: 'true'
 						},
 						// Should be synchronised with ApiVisualEditor.php
-						headers: { Accept: 'text/html;profile=mediawiki.org/specs/html/1.2.0' },
+						headers: { Accept: 'text/html; charset=utf-8; profile="mediawiki.org/specs/html/1.2.0"' },
 						dataType: 'text'
 					} );
 				} else {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 							( oldid === undefined ? '' : '/' + oldid ),
 						type: 'GET',
 						// Should be synchronised with ApiVisualEditor.php
-						headers: { Accept: 'text/html;profile=mediawiki.org/specs/html/1.2.0' },
+						headers: { Accept: 'text/html; charset=utf-8; profile="mediawiki.org/specs/html/1.2.0"' },
 						dataType: 'text'
 					} );
 				}