diff --git a/help.pl b/help.pl
index 77e5833878..feaac4a0ca 100755
--- a/help.pl
+++ b/help.pl
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ sub gethelptemplate {
 							interface => '/intranet-tmpl',
 							theme => $theme,
 							lang => $lang,
+							TemplateEncoding => C4::Context->preference("TemplateEncoding")."",
 							intranetcolorstylesheet => C4::Context->preference("intranetcolorstylesheet"),
 		intranetstylesheet => C4::Context->preference("intranetstylesheet"),
 		IntranetNav => C4::Context->preference("IntranetNav"),