diff --git a/mobile/tt-rss.php b/mobile/tt-rss.php
index 637e5d559..a1e96d558 100644
--- a/mobile/tt-rss.php
+++ b/mobile/tt-rss.php
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@
 
 	$link = db_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);	
 
+	if (DB_TYPE == "pgsql") {
+		pg_query("set client_encoding = 'UTF-8'");
+		pg_set_client_encoding("UNICODE");
+	} else {
+		if (defined('MYSQL_CHARSET') && MYSQL_CHARSET) {
+			db_query($link, "SET NAMES " . MYSQL_CHARSET);
+//			db_query($link, "SET CHARACTER SET " . MYSQL_CHARSET);
+		}
+	}
+
 	login_sequence($link, true);
 
 	/* perform various redirect-needing subops */