diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/resources/hbase-webapps/regionserver/regionserver.jsp b/hbase-server/src/main/resources/hbase-webapps/regionserver/regionserver.jsp
index f25377e7e4d3..19514b706842 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/resources/hbase-webapps/regionserver/regionserver.jsp
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/resources/hbase-webapps/regionserver/regionserver.jsp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   if (RSStatusConstants.FORMAT_JSON.equals(format)) {
     response.setContentType("application/json");
   } else {
-    response.setContentType("text/html");
+    response.setContentType("text/html;charset=utf-8");
   }
 
   if (!regionServer.isOnline()) {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/http/TestRSStatusPage.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/http/TestRSStatusPage.java
index b40535a12a02..6fb1cdb9edc6 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/http/TestRSStatusPage.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/http/TestRSStatusPage.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public void testStatusPage() throws Exception {
     int port = firstServerName.getPort();
 
     URL url = new URL("http://" + hostname + ":" + infoPort + "/regionserver.jsp");
-    String page = TestServerHttpUtils.getPageContent(url, "text/html");
+    String page = TestServerHttpUtils.getPageContent(url, "text/html;charset=utf-8");
 
     assertTrue(page.contains("<title>HBase Region Server: " + masterHostname + "</title>"));