diff --git a/doc/THANKS b/doc/THANKS
index 88d041875..0ba252976 100644
--- a/doc/THANKS
+++ b/doc/THANKS
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ Daniel G. Gamonal <lgrecol@gmail.com>
 Marcos Mateos Garcia <mmateos@germinus.com>
     for reporting a minor bug
 
+Andrew Gecse <andrew.gecse@upcmail.hu>
+    for reporting a minor issue
+
 Ivan Giacomelli <truemilk@insiberia.net>
     for reporting a bug
     for suggesting a minor enhancement
diff --git a/lib/request/basic.py b/lib/request/basic.py
index 949753f83..a0109399f 100644
--- a/lib/request/basic.py
+++ b/lib/request/basic.py
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ def checkCharEncoding(encoding):
         encoding = 'cp%s' % encoding[3:]
     elif encoding.startswith('windows') and not encoding.startswith('windows-'):
         encoding = 'windows-%s' % encoding[7:]
+    elif encoding.find('iso-88') > 0:
+        encoding = encoding[encoding.find('iso-88'):]
 
     # http://philip.html5.org/data/charsets-2.html
     if encoding in translate: