diff --git a/core/templates/layout.user.php b/core/templates/layout.user.php
index 6e49149b0ae..a3ebf3abd03 100644
--- a/core/templates/layout.user.php
+++ b/core/templates/layout.user.php
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 	<head data-user="<?php p($_['user_uid']); ?>" data-requesttoken="<?php p($_['requesttoken']); ?>">
 		<title><?php p(!empty($_['application'])?$_['application'].' | ':'') ?>ownCloud
 			<?php p(trim($_['user_displayname']) != '' ?' ('.$_['user_displayname'].') ':'') ?></title>
-		<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+		<meta charset="utf-8">
+		<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
 		<meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=543672169">
 		<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'favicon.png')); ?>" />
 		<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="<?php print_unescaped(image_path('', 'favicon-touch.png')); ?>" />
