diff --git a/src/zabbix_server/poller/checks_http.c b/src/zabbix_server/poller/checks_http.c
index 2f1af89852..da3f7aa23f 100644
--- a/src/zabbix_server/poller/checks_http.c
+++ b/src/zabbix_server/poller/checks_http.c
@@ -219,11 +219,30 @@ int	get_value_http(const DC_ITEM *item, AGENT_RESULT *result)
 	size_t			(*curl_body_cb)(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata);
 	char			application_json[] = {"Content-Type: application/json"};
 	char			application_xml[] = {"Content-Type: application/xml"};
+	AGENT_REQUEST		request;
+	const char		*encoding = NULL;
 
 	zabbix_log(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "In %s() request method '%s' URL '%s%s' headers '%s' message body '%s'",
 			__func__, zbx_request_string(item->request_method), item->url, item->query_fields,
 			item->headers, item->posts);
 
+	init_request(&request);
+
+	if (SUCCEED != parse_item_key(item->key, &request))
+	{
+		SET_MSG_RESULT(result, zbx_strdup(NULL, "Invalid item key format"));
+		goto clean;
+	}
+
+	if (1 < get_rparams_num(&request))
+	{
+		SET_MSG_RESULT(result, zbx_strdup(NULL, "Too many arguments"));
+		goto clean;
+	}
+
+	if (1 == get_rparams_num(&request))
+		encoding = get_rparam(&request, 0);
+
 	if (NULL == (easyhandle = curl_easy_init()))
 	{
 		SET_MSG_RESULT(result, zbx_strdup(NULL, "Cannot initialize cURL library"));
@@ -407,6 +426,17 @@ int	get_value_http(const DC_ITEM *item, AGENT_RESULT *result)
 				goto clean;
 			}
 
+			if (NULL != encoding)
+			{
+				char	*utf8;
+
+				if (NULL != (utf8 = convert_to_utf8(body.data, strlen(body.data), encoding)))
+				{
+					zbx_free(body.data);
+					body.data = utf8;
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (FAIL == zbx_is_utf8(body.data))
 			{
 				SET_MSG_RESULT(result, zbx_dsprintf(NULL, "Server returned invalid UTF-8 sequence"));
@@ -425,6 +455,17 @@ int	get_value_http(const DC_ITEM *item, AGENT_RESULT *result)
 			}
 			break;
 		case ZBX_RETRIEVE_MODE_HEADERS:
+			if (NULL != encoding)
+			{
+				char	*utf8;
+
+				if (NULL != (utf8 = convert_to_utf8(header.data, strlen(header.data), encoding)))
+				{
+					zbx_free(header.data);
+					header.data = utf8;
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (FAIL == zbx_is_utf8(header.data))
 			{
 				SET_MSG_RESULT(result, zbx_dsprintf(NULL, "Server returned invalid UTF-8 sequence"));
@@ -451,6 +492,24 @@ int	get_value_http(const DC_ITEM *item, AGENT_RESULT *result)
 			}
 			break;
 		case ZBX_RETRIEVE_MODE_BOTH:
+			if (NULL != encoding)
+			{
+				char	*utf8;
+
+				if (NULL != (utf8 = convert_to_utf8(header.data, strlen(header.data), encoding)))
+				{
+					zbx_free(header.data);
+					header.data = utf8;
+				}
+
+				if (NULL != body.data &&
+						NULL != (utf8 = convert_to_utf8(body.data, strlen(body.data), encoding)))
+				{
+					zbx_free(body.data);
+					body.data = utf8;
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (FAIL == zbx_is_utf8(header.data) || (NULL != body.data && FAIL == zbx_is_utf8(body.data)))
 			{
 				SET_MSG_RESULT(result, zbx_dsprintf(NULL, "Server returned invalid UTF-8 sequence"));
@@ -478,6 +537,7 @@ clean:
 	curl_easy_cleanup(easyhandle);
 	zbx_free(body.data);
 	zbx_free(header.data);
+	free_request(&request);
 	zabbix_log(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "End of %s():%s", __func__, zbx_result_string(ret));
 
 	return ret;