diff --git a/vtlib/Vtiger/Mailer.php b/vtlib/Vtiger/Mailer.php
index 5794309bc3232239d024c99db633617a2e816b7b..cd26d3c34b00609424729a9e1e8d798e71fa9a08 100644
--- a/vtlib/Vtiger/Mailer.php
+++ b/vtlib/Vtiger/Mailer.php
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ class Vtiger_Mailer extends PHPMailer {
 	 * Constructor
 	 */
 	function __construct() {
+		global $default_charset;
 		parent::__construct();
 		$this->initialize();
+		$this->CharSet = $default_charset;
 	}
 
 	/**