diff --git a/t3lib/class.t3lib_pagerenderer.php b/t3lib/class.t3lib_pagerenderer.php
index 45c3935..87e39f5 100644
--- a/t3lib/class.t3lib_pagerenderer.php
+++ b/t3lib/class.t3lib_pagerenderer.php
@@ -270,6 +270,17 @@ class t3lib_PageRenderer implements t3lib_Singleton {
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Sets meta charset tag
+	 *
+	 * @param string $metaCharsetTag	meta charset tag
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function setMetaCharsetTag($metaCharsetTag) {
+		$this->metaCharsetTag = $metaCharsetTag;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
 	 * Sets favicon
 	 *
 	 * @param string $favIcon
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_pagegen.php b/typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_pagegen.php
index 065c6a5..9fdc22d 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_pagegen.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_pagegen.php
@@ -478,6 +478,9 @@ See <a href="http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/TYPO3_3.8.1" target="_blank">wiki.t
 		$pageRenderer->setHeadTag($headTag);
 
 			// Setting charset meta tag:
+		if ($doctype === 'html_5') {
+			$pageRenderer->setMetaCharsetTag('<meta charset="|"/>');
+		}
 		$pageRenderer->setCharSet($theCharset);
 
 		$pageRenderer->addInlineComment('	This website is powered by TYPO3 - inspiring people to share!