1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/swext/mediawiki/src/com/sun/star/wiki/Helper.java b/swext/mediawiki/src/com/sun/star/wiki/Helper.java
index 8a15621384ed..020889965e6a 100644
--- a/swext/mediawiki/src/com/sun/star/wiki/Helper.java
+++ b/swext/mediawiki/src/com/sun/star/wiki/Helper.java
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ public class Helper
                 connPost.setDoOutput(true);
                 connPost.connect();
 
-                OutputStreamWriter post = new OutputStreamWriter(connPost.getOutputStream());
+                OutputStreamWriter post = new OutputStreamWriter(connPost.getOutputStream(), "UTF-8");
                 post.write("wpName=");
                 post.write(URLEncoder.encode(sWikiUser, "UTF-8"));
                 post.write("&wpRemember=1");