diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Controller/ExceptionController.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Controller/ExceptionController.php
index 0b5db752ee..fd0dbecd2b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Controller/ExceptionController.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Controller/ExceptionController.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class ExceptionController
         $template = $this->getTemplate();
 
         if (!$this->twig->getLoader()->exists($template)) {
-            $handler = new ExceptionHandler();
+            $handler = new ExceptionHandler($this->debug, $this->twig->getCharset());
 
             return new Response($handler->getContent($exception), 200, array('Content-Type' => 'text/html'));
         }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class ExceptionController
         $template = $this->getTemplate();
 
         if (!$this->templateExists($template)) {
-            $handler = new ExceptionHandler();
+            $handler = new ExceptionHandler($this->debug, $this->twig->getCharset());
 
             return new Response($handler->getStylesheet($exception), 200, array('Content-Type' => 'text/css'));
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/ExceptionHandler.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/ExceptionHandler.php
index f429add39e..042f3e7239 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/ExceptionHandler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Debug/ExceptionHandler.php
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ class ExceptionHandler
             foreach ($exception->getHeaders() as $name => $value) {
                 header($name.': '.$value, false);
             }
+            header('Content-Type: text/html; charset='.$this->charset);
         }
 
         echo $this->decorate($this->getContent($exception), $this->getStylesheet($exception));
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ class ExceptionHandler
             $exception = FlattenException::create($exception);
         }
 
-        return new Response($this->decorate($this->getContent($exception), $this->getStylesheet($exception)), $exception->getStatusCode(), $exception->getHeaders());
+        return Response::create($this->decorate($this->getContent($exception), $this->getStylesheet($exception)), $exception->getStatusCode(), $exception->getHeaders())->setCharset($this->charset);
     }
 
     /**