diff --git w3m_CVS-1.1051/file.c w3m/file.c
index d4c47fd..f0920e4 100644
--- w3m_CVS-1.1051/file.c
+++ w3m/file.c
@@ -5020,10 +5020,17 @@ HTMLtagproc1(struct parsed_tag *tag, struct html_feed_environ *h_env)
 	HTMLlineproc1(tmp->ptr, h_env);
 	return 1;
     case HTML_META:
-	p = q = NULL;
+	p = q = r = NULL;
 	parsedtag_get_value(tag, ATTR_HTTP_EQUIV, &p);
 	parsedtag_get_value(tag, ATTR_CONTENT, &q);
 #ifdef USE_M17N
+	parsedtag_get_value(tag, ATTR_CHARSET, &r);
+	if (r) {
+	    /* <meta charset=""> */
+	    SKIP_BLANKS(r);
+	    meta_charset = wc_guess_charset(r, 0);
+	}
+	else
 	if (p && q && !strcasecmp(p, "Content-Type") &&
 	    (q = strcasestr(q, "charset")) != NULL) {
 	    q += 7;
diff --git w3m_CVS-1.1051/html.c w3m/html.c
index 2359ca0..dce8b3c 100644
--- w3m_CVS-1.1051/html.c
+++ w3m/html.c
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ unsigned char ALST_TABLE[] =
     ATTR_CELLPADDING, ATTR_VSPACE, ATTR_CORE
 };
 #define MAXA_TABLE	MAXA_CORE + 6
-unsigned char ALST_META[] = { ATTR_HTTP_EQUIV, ATTR_CONTENT, ATTR_CORE };
-#define MAXA_META	MAXA_CORE + 2
+unsigned char ALST_META[] = { ATTR_HTTP_EQUIV, ATTR_CONTENT, ATTR_CHARSET, ATTR_CORE };
+#define MAXA_META	MAXA_CORE + 3
 unsigned char ALST_FRAME[] = { ATTR_SRC, ATTR_NAME, ATTR_CORE };
 #define MAXA_FRAME	MAXA_CORE + 2
 unsigned char ALST_FRAMESET[] = { ATTR_COLS, ATTR_ROWS, ATTR_CORE };