diff --git a/django/views/i18n.py b/django/views/i18n.py
index 89963e8406..3bd240ea3d 100644
--- a/django/views/i18n.py
+++ b/django/views/i18n.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class JavaScriptCatalog(View):
         ) if context['catalog'] else None
         context['formats_str'] = indent(json.dumps(context['formats'], sort_keys=True, indent=2))
 
-        return HttpResponse(template.render(Context(context)), 'text/javascript')
+        return HttpResponse(template.render(Context(context)), 'text/javascript; charset="utf-8"')
 
 
 class JSONCatalog(JavaScriptCatalog):
diff --git a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py
index 125d6e0a5f..5baa755580 100644
--- a/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py
+++ b/tests/view_tests/tests/test_i18n.py
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ class I18NViewTests(SimpleTestCase):
                 catalog = gettext.translation('djangojs', locale_dir, [lang_code])
                 trans_txt = catalog.gettext('this is to be translated')
                 response = self.client.get('/jsi18n/')
+                self.assertEqual(response['Content-Type'], 'text/javascript; charset="utf-8"')
                 # response content must include a line like:
                 # "this is to be translated": <value of trans_txt Python variable>
                 # json.dumps() is used to be able to check unicode strings