diff --git a/templates/atompage.tmpl b/templates/atompage.tmpl
index acc4737c1..b7ba74f47 100644
--- a/templates/atompage.tmpl
+++ b/templates/atompage.tmpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
 <title><TMPL_VAR TITLE></title>
 <link href="<TMPL_VAR PAGEURL>"/>
-<link href="<TMPL_VAR FEEDURL>" rel="self"/>
+<link href="<TMPL_VAR FEEDURL>" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/>
 <author>
 <TMPL_IF NAME="AUTHOR">
  <name><TMPL_VAR AUTHOR></name>