Index: tests/Zend/Application/Resource/ViewTest.php
===================================================================
--- tests/Zend/Application/Resource/ViewTest.php	(revision 22824)
+++ tests/Zend/Application/Resource/ViewTest.php	(working copy)
@@ -121,10 +121,97 @@
     public function testDoctypeIsSet()
     {
         $options = array('doctype' => 'XHTML1_FRAMESET');
-	$resource = new Zend_Application_Resource_View($options);
+        $resource = new Zend_Application_Resource_View($options);
         $resource->init();
         $view  = $resource->getView();
-	$this->assertEquals('XHTML1_FRAMESET', $view->doctype()->getDoctype());
+        $this->assertEquals('XHTML1_FRAMESET', $view->doctype()->getDoctype());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @group ZF-10343
+     */
+    public function testContentTypeIsSet()
+    {
+        $contentType = 'text/html; charset=UTF-8';
+        $options = array('contentType' => $contentType);
+        $resource = new Zend_Application_Resource_View($options);
+        $headMetaHelper = $resource->init()->headMeta();
+ 
+        $actual = null;
+        $container = $headMetaHelper->getContainer();
+        foreach ($container as $item) {
+            if ('Content-Type' == $item->{$item->type}) {
+                $actual = $item->content;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $this->assertEquals($contentType, $actual);
+
+        Zend_View_Helper_Placeholder_Registry::getRegistry()
+            ->deleteContainer('Zend_View_Helper_HeadMeta');
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @group ZF-10343
+     */
+    public function testSetMetaCharsetForHtml5()
+    {
+        $charset = 'UTF-8';
+        $options = array(
+            'doctype' => 'HTML5',
+            'charset' => $charset,
+        );
+        $resource = new Zend_Application_Resource_View($options);
+        $view = $resource->init();
+        $headMetaHelper = $view->headMeta();
+
+        $actual = null;
+        $container = $headMetaHelper->getContainer();
+        foreach ($container as $item) {
+            if ('charset' == $item->type) {
+                $actual = $item->charset;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $this->assertTrue($view->doctype()->isHtml5());
+        $this->assertEquals($charset, $actual);
+
+        $registry = Zend_View_Helper_Placeholder_Registry::getRegistry();
+        $registry->deleteContainer('Zend_View_Helper_HeadMeta');
+        $registry->deleteContainer('Zend_View_Helper_Doctype');
+    }
+	
+    /**
+     * @group ZF-10343
+     */
+    public function testSetMetaCharsetShouldOnlyAvailableForHtml5()
+    {
+    	$charset = 'UTF-8';
+        $options = array(
+            'doctype' => 'XHTML1_STRICT',
+            'charset' => $charset,
+        );
+        $resource = new Zend_Application_Resource_View($options);
+        $view = $resource->init();
+        $headMetaHelper = $view->headMeta();
+
+        $actual = null;
+        $container = $headMetaHelper->getContainer();
+        foreach ($container as $item) {
+            if ('charset' == $item->type) {
+                $actual = $item->charset;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $this->assertFalse($view->doctype()->isHtml5());
+        $this->assertNull($actual);
+
+        $registry = Zend_View_Helper_Placeholder_Registry::getRegistry();
+        $registry->deleteContainer('Zend_View_Helper_HeadMeta');
+        $registry->deleteContainer('Zend_View_Helper_Doctype');
     }
 }
 
Index: documentation/manual/en/module_specs/Zend_Application-AvailableResources-View.xml
===================================================================
--- documentation/manual/en/module_specs/Zend_Application-AvailableResources-View.xml	(revision 22824)
+++ documentation/manual/en/module_specs/Zend_Application-AvailableResources-View.xml	(working copy)
@@ -30,4 +30,39 @@
 resources.view.basePath = APPLICATION_PATH "/views/"
 ]]></programlisting>
     </example>
+
+    <sect3 id="zend.application.available-resources.view.contentType">
+        <title>Defining content type and encoding to use</title>
+
+         <para>
+             If you want to obtain more information about values, see <link 
+             linkend="zend.view.helpers.html#zend.view.helpers.initial.headmeta">HeadMeta Helper
+             </link>.
+         </para>
+
+         <example id="zend.application.available-resources.view.contentTypeExample">
+             <title>Sample content type and encoding configuration</title>
+
+             <para>
+                 The following snippet shows how to set a meta Content-Type.
+             </para>
+
+            <programlisting language="ini"><![CDATA[
+resources.view.contentType = "text/html; charset=UTF-8"
+]]></programlisting>
+         </example>
+
+        <example id="zend.application.available-resources.view.charsetExample">
+            <title>Sample encoding configuration for a HTML5 document</title>
+
+            <para>
+                The following snippet shows how to set a meta charset in HTML5-style.
+            </para>
+
+            <programlisting language="ini"><![CDATA[
+resources.view.doctype = "HTML5"
+resources.view.charset = "UTF-8"
+]]></programlisting>
+        </example>
+     </sect3>
 </sect2>
Index: library/Zend/Application/Resource/View.php
===================================================================
--- library/Zend/Application/Resource/View.php	(revision 22797)
+++ library/Zend/Application/Resource/View.php	(working copy)
@@ -69,8 +69,14 @@
             $options = $this->getOptions();
             $this->_view = new Zend_View($options);
 
-            if(isset($options['doctype'])) {
+            if (isset($options['doctype'])) {
                 $this->_view->doctype()->setDoctype(strtoupper($options['doctype']));
+                if (isset($options['charset']) && $this->_view->doctype()->isHtml5()) {
+                    $this->_view->headMeta()->setCharset($options['charset']);
+                }
+            }
+            if (isset($options['contentType'])) {
+                $this->_view->headMeta()->appendHttpEquiv('Content-Type', $options['contentType']);
             }
         }
         return $this->_view;