diff --git a/wp-admin/index-extra.php b/wp-admin/index-extra.php
index 782e0a7e1c..9d9cb72244 100644
--- a/wp-admin/index-extra.php
+++ b/wp-admin/index-extra.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 require_once('admin.php');
 require_once (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/rss.php');
 
+@header('Content-type: ' . get_option('html_type') . '; charset=' . get_option('blog_charset'));
+
 switch ( $_GET['jax'] ) {
 
 case 'incominglinks' :