diff --git a/layouts/blog/rss.xml b/layouts/blog/rss.xml
index 2fc3032885..36ed7f1016 100644
--- a/layouts/blog/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/blog/rss.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{ $home := .Site.BaseURL | printf "%s%s" (os.Getenv "URL") }}
-
+{{- printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
 <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <channel>
     <title>Istio Blog</title>
diff --git a/layouts/news/rss.xml b/layouts/news/rss.xml
index cde685fde4..84c364acf4 100644
--- a/layouts/news/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/news/rss.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{ $home := .Site.BaseURL | printf "%s%s" (os.Getenv "URL") }}
-
+{{- printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
 <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <channel>
     <title>Istio News</title>
diff --git a/layouts/rss.xml b/layouts/rss.xml
index f6aed17eb1..791b5378e2 100644
--- a/layouts/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/rss.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{ $home := .Site.BaseURL | printf "%s%s" (os.Getenv "URL") }}
-
+{{- printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
 <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <channel>
     <title>Istio Blog and News</title>