diff --git a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/DingProvider.java b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/DingProvider.java
index 5e9d743d..4e439f9f 100644
--- a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/DingProvider.java
+++ b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/DingProvider.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright the original author or authors.
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 package de.schildbach.pte;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
+
 import okhttp3.HttpUrl;
 
 /**
@@ -28,5 +30,6 @@ public class DingProvider extends AbstractEfaProvider {
 
     public DingProvider() {
         super(NetworkId.DING, API_BASE);
+        setRequestUrlEncoding(Charsets.UTF_8);
     }
 }