diff --git a/wp-admin/inline-uploading.php b/wp-admin/inline-uploading.php
index a88bcab8a2..a1e0895ece 100644
--- a/wp-admin/inline-uploading.php
+++ b/wp-admin/inline-uploading.php
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ die('This script was not meant to be called directly.');
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 <head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php echo get_settings('blog_charset'); ?>" />
 <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no" />
 <script type="text/javascript">
 /* Define any variables we'll need, such as alternate URLs. */
