diff --git a/django/contrib/syndication/views.py b/django/contrib/syndication/views.py
index 9228e91687..dbb9eee4ab 100644
--- a/django/contrib/syndication/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/syndication/views.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import datetime
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.sites.models import get_current_site
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured, ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404
-from django.template import loader, Template, TemplateDoesNotExist, RequestContext
+from django.template import loader, TemplateDoesNotExist, RequestContext
 from django.utils import feedgenerator, tzinfo
 from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode, iri_to_uri, smart_unicode
 from django.utils.html import escape
diff --git a/django/utils/feedgenerator.py b/django/utils/feedgenerator.py
index 15476f8b0f..a49e16be5c 100644
--- a/django/utils/feedgenerator.py
+++ b/django/utils/feedgenerator.py
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class Rss201rev2Feed(RssFeed):
 
 class Atom1Feed(SyndicationFeed):
     # Spec: http://atompub.org/2005/07/11/draft-ietf-atompub-format-10.html
-    mime_type = 'application/atom+xml'
+    mime_type = 'application/atom+xml; charset=utf8'
     ns = u"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
 
     def write(self, outfile, encoding):
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/utils/feedgenerator.py b/tests/regressiontests/utils/feedgenerator.py
index c62bd2b03a..26c60ea420 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/utils/feedgenerator.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/utils/feedgenerator.py
@@ -60,3 +60,12 @@ class FeedgeneratorTest(unittest.TestCase):
             "2008-11-14T13:37:00+02:00"
         )
 
+    def test_atom1_mime_type(self):
+        """
+        Test to make sure Atom MIME type has UTF8 Charset parameter set
+        """
+        atom_feed = feedgenerator.Atom1Feed("title", "link", "description")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            atom_feed.mime_type, "application/atom+xml; charset=utf8"
+        )
+