diff --git a/data/conf/rspamd/local.d/options.inc b/data/conf/rspamd/local.d/options.inc
index 99197ff55..f83ddf0fc 100644
--- a/data/conf/rspamd/local.d/options.inc
+++ b/data/conf/rspamd/local.d/options.inc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ dns {
 }
 map_watch_interval = 30s;
 task_timeout = 30s;
+enable_mime_utf = true;
 disable_monitoring = true;
 # In case a task times out (like DNS lookup), soft reject the message
 # instead of silently accepting the message without further processing.