diff --git a/utils/git-notify b/utils/git-notify
index 3708dabf..87de54b2 100755
--- a/utils/git-notify
+++ b/utils/git-notify
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ sub parse_options()
 sub mail_notification($$$@)
 {
     my ($name, $subject, $content_type, @text) = @_;
-    $subject = encode("MIME-Q",$subject);
+    $subject = encode("MIME-Header",$subject);
     if ($debug)
     {
         print "---------------------\n";