diff --git a/basket/sendbasket.pl b/basket/sendbasket.pl
index 5bf0f3b37e..a4bbe16bf6 100755
--- a/basket/sendbasket.pl
+++ b/basket/sendbasket.pl
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ if ( $email_add ) {
     if ( $template_res =~ /<SUBJECT>(.*)<END_SUBJECT>/s ) {
         $mail{subject} = $1;
         $mail{subject} =~ s|\n?(.*)\n?|$1|;
-        $mail{subject} = Encode::encode("UTF-8", $mail{subject});
+        $mail{subject} = encode('MIME-Header',$mail{subject});
     }
     else { $mail{'subject'} = "no subject"; }
 
diff --git a/opac/opac-sendbasket.pl b/opac/opac-sendbasket.pl
index 0f84f042b2..bb8ec057d6 100755
--- a/opac/opac-sendbasket.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-sendbasket.pl
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ if ( $email_add ) {
     if ( $template_res =~ /<SUBJECT>(.*)<END_SUBJECT>/s ) {
         $mail{subject} = $1;
         $mail{subject} =~ s|\n?(.*)\n?|$1|;
-        $mail{subject} = Encode::encode("UTF-8", $mail{subject});
+        $mail{subject} = encode('MIME-Header',$mail{subject});
     }
     else { $mail{'subject'} = "no subject"; }
 
diff --git a/opac/opac-sendshelf.pl b/opac/opac-sendshelf.pl
index 9c8fdd22fd..1a88671a47 100755
--- a/opac/opac-sendshelf.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-sendshelf.pl
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ if ( $email ) {
         $mail{subject} =~ s|\n?(.*)\n?|$1|;
     }
     else { $mail{'subject'} = "no subject"; }
-    $mail{subject} = Encode::encode("UTF-8", $mail{subject});
+    $mail{subject} = encode('MIME-Header', $mail{subject});
 
     my $email_header = "";
     if ( $template_res =~ /<HEADER>(.*)<END_HEADER>/s ) {
diff --git a/virtualshelves/sendshelf.pl b/virtualshelves/sendshelf.pl
index 996c2f71cc..08a3ac1ebf 100755
--- a/virtualshelves/sendshelf.pl
+++ b/virtualshelves/sendshelf.pl
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ if ($email) {
 
     # Analysing information and getting mail properties
     if ( $template_res =~ /<SUBJECT>(.*)<END_SUBJECT>/s ) {
-        $mail{'subject'} = Encode::encode("UTF-8", $1);
+        $mail{'subject'} = encode('MIME-Header', $1);
         $mail{subject} =~ s|\n?(.*)\n?|$1|;
     }
     else { $mail{'subject'} = "no subject"; }