diff --git a/src/kemal/static_file_handler.cr b/src/kemal/static_file_handler.cr
index dbeca284..11a3057d 100644
--- a/src/kemal/static_file_handler.cr
+++ b/src/kemal/static_file_handler.cr
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ module Kemal
           end
           send_file(context, file_path)
         elsif config.is_a?(Hash) && config.fetch("dir_listing", false)
-          context.response.content_type = "text/html"
+          context.response.content_type = "text/html;charset=UTF-8;"
           directory_listing(context.response, request_path, file_path)
         else
           call_next(context)