diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudBasicCredentials.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudBasicCredentials.java
index 02b515d8..4122d9be 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudBasicCredentials.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudBasicCredentials.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public class OwnCloudBasicCredentials implements OwnCloudCredentials {
         client.getParams().setParameter(AuthPolicy.AUTH_SCHEME_PRIORITY, authPrefs);        
         
         client.getParams().setAuthenticationPreemptive(true);
+		client.getParams().setCredentialCharset("UTF-8");
         client.getState().setCredentials(
         		AuthScope.ANY, 
         		new UsernamePasswordCredentials(mUsername, mPassword)
diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudBearerCredentials.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudBearerCredentials.java
index c3461e02..f5bebcef 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudBearerCredentials.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudBearerCredentials.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public class OwnCloudBearerCredentials implements OwnCloudCredentials {
 	    client.getParams().setParameter(AuthPolicy.AUTH_SCHEME_PRIORITY, authPrefs);        
 	    
 	    client.getParams().setAuthenticationPreemptive(true);
+		client.getParams().setCredentialCharset("UTF-8");
 	    client.getState().setCredentials(
 	    		AuthScope.ANY, 
 	    		new BearerCredentials(mAccessToken)
diff --git a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials.java b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials.java
index e2d67ee8..44ccbb09 100644
--- a/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials.java
+++ b/src/com/owncloud/android/lib/common/OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public class OwnCloudSamlSsoCredentials implements OwnCloudCredentials {
 	@Override
 	public void applyTo(OwnCloudClient client) {
         client.getParams().setAuthenticationPreemptive(false);
+		client.getParams().setCredentialCharset("UTF-8");
         client.getParams().setCookiePolicy(CookiePolicy.BROWSER_COMPATIBILITY);
         client.setFollowRedirects(false);