diff --git a/lib/head.js b/lib/head.js
index ef206c54ea..5454df8f9b 100644
--- a/lib/head.js
+++ b/lib/head.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function reduceComponents (components) {
return a.concat(b)
}, [])
.reverse()
- .concat(defaultHead())
+ .concat(defaultHead(''))
.filter(Boolean)
.filter(unique())
.reverse()
diff --git a/test/integration/basic/pages/default-head.js b/test/integration/basic/pages/default-head.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fca3d30760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/basic/pages/default-head.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import Head from 'next/head'
+
+export default () =>
+
+ next-head, but only once.
+
diff --git a/test/integration/basic/test/index.test.js b/test/integration/basic/test/index.test.js
index 3785906d9e..4a5cbbba53 100644
--- a/test/integration/basic/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/basic/test/index.test.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ describe('Basic Features', () => {
// pre-build all pages at the start
await Promise.all([
renderViaHTTP(context.appPort, '/async-props'),
+ renderViaHTTP(context.appPort, '/default-head'),
renderViaHTTP(context.appPort, '/empty-get-initial-props'),
renderViaHTTP(context.appPort, '/error'),
renderViaHTTP(context.appPort, '/finish-response'),
diff --git a/test/integration/basic/test/rendering.js b/test/integration/basic/test/rendering.js
index 3f375edceb..b82ef61a6d 100644
--- a/test/integration/basic/test/rendering.js
+++ b/test/integration/basic/test/rendering.js
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ export default function ({ app }, suiteName, render, fetch) {
expect(answer.text()).toBe('The answer is 42')
})
+ // default-head contains an empty .
+ test('header renders default charset', async () => {
+ const html = await (render('/default-head'))
+ expect(html.includes('