diff --git a/apps/susidns/src/jsp/addressbook.jsp b/apps/susidns/src/jsp/addressbook.jsp
index 0189d0a32..ff09b41e0 100644
--- a/apps/susidns/src/jsp/addressbook.jsp
+++ b/apps/susidns/src/jsp/addressbook.jsp
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
  *  
  * $Revision: 1.3 $
  */
+
+    // http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/general/form-encoding.jspx
+    if (request.getCharacterEncoding() == null)
+        request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
+
 %>
 <%@page pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
 <%@ page contentType="text/html"%>
diff --git a/apps/susidns/src/jsp/config.jsp b/apps/susidns/src/jsp/config.jsp
index 9f407ced9..f8b47ab00 100644
--- a/apps/susidns/src/jsp/config.jsp
+++ b/apps/susidns/src/jsp/config.jsp
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
  *  
  * $Revision: 1.1 $
  */
+
+    // http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/general/form-encoding.jspx
+    if (request.getCharacterEncoding() == null)
+        request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
+
 %>
 <%@page pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
 <%@ page contentType="text/html" %>
diff --git a/apps/susidns/src/jsp/index.jsp b/apps/susidns/src/jsp/index.jsp
index 51e0517e9..3c55f1bbc 100644
--- a/apps/susidns/src/jsp/index.jsp
+++ b/apps/susidns/src/jsp/index.jsp
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
  *  
  * $Revision: 1.2 $
  */
+
+    // http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/general/form-encoding.jspx
+    if (request.getCharacterEncoding() == null)
+        request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
+
 %>
 <%@page pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
 <%@ page contentType="text/html"%>
diff --git a/apps/susidns/src/jsp/subscriptions.jsp b/apps/susidns/src/jsp/subscriptions.jsp
index 4edd704ae..29bad1724 100644
--- a/apps/susidns/src/jsp/subscriptions.jsp
+++ b/apps/susidns/src/jsp/subscriptions.jsp
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
  *  
  * $Revision: 1.2 $
  */
+
+    // http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/general/form-encoding.jspx
+    if (request.getCharacterEncoding() == null)
+        request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
+
 %>
 <%@page pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
 <%@ page contentType="text/html"%>