diff --git a/roles/private/files/nginx.conf b/roles/private/files/nginx.conf
index 6ddd8ab..1e04156 100644
--- a/roles/private/files/nginx.conf
+++ b/roles/private/files/nginx.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ events {
 }
 
 http {
+  charset utf-8;
   sendfile on;
   tcp_nopush on;
   tcp_nodelay on;
diff --git a/roles/webservers/files/nginx.conf b/roles/webservers/files/nginx.conf
index 4d8402d..2e36cdd 100644
--- a/roles/webservers/files/nginx.conf
+++ b/roles/webservers/files/nginx.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ events {
 }
 
 http {
+  charset utf-8;
   sendfile on;
   tcp_nopush on;
   tcp_nodelay on;