diff --git a/lib/ezi18n/classes/ezcharsetinfo.php b/lib/ezi18n/classes/ezcharsetinfo.php
index 86e22e29160..d3ab3cca2ff 100644
--- a/lib/ezi18n/classes/ezcharsetinfo.php
+++ b/lib/ezi18n/classes/ezcharsetinfo.php
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static function &encodingTable()
                                                            'cp849',
                                                            'cp850' ),
                                     'unicode' => array( 'unicode' ),
-                                    'utf-8' => array( 'utf-8' ) );
+                                    'utf-8' => array( 'utf-8', 'utf8mb4' ) );
         }
         return $encodingTable;
     }