diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3a16650ee..d5931f14b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 New features
 
 Enhancements
+ - new meta tag to tell IE to use the highest mode available
 
 Bug fixes
  - avoid crashing when we forward an email with no Subject header
diff --git a/UI/Templates/UIxPageFrame.wox b/UI/Templates/UIxPageFrame.wox
index dab148743..a85a2b493 100644
--- a/UI/Templates/UIxPageFrame.wox
+++ b/UI/Templates/UIxPageFrame.wox
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <meta name="author" content="SKYRIX Software AG/Inverse inc." />
         <meta name="robots" content="stop" />
         <meta name="build" var:content="buildDate" />
+        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" />
         <link href="mailto:support@inverse.ca" rev="made" />
         <link rel="shortcut icon" var:href="siteFavicon" type="image/x-icon" />
         <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" rsrc:href="generic.css" />