diff --git a/bin/generate-mobileconfig b/bin/generate-mobileconfig
index 2b17731..f547d8c 100755
--- a/bin/generate-mobileconfig
+++ b/bin/generate-mobileconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 CONN_SHARED_SECRET=$(cat /etc/ipsec.secrets | sed 's/.*"\(.*\)"/\1/g')
 
 cat <<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
 <!-- Read more: https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/AppleIKEv2Profile -->
 <plist version="1.0">