diff --git a/themes/default/header.tpl b/themes/default/header.tpl
index 2cede2127..826034c36 100644
--- a/themes/default/header.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/header.tpl
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 *}
 
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
+<!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8 lt-ie7 lt-ie6 " lang="en"> <![endif]-->
+<!--[if IE 7]>    <html class="no-js ie7 lt-ie9 lt-ie8 ie7" lang="en"> <![endif]-->
+<!--[if IE 8]>    <html class="no-js lt-ie9 ie8" lang="en"> <![endif]-->
+<!--[if gt IE 8]><!--> <html lang="fr" class="no-js ie9" lang="en"> <!--<![endif]-->
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="{$lang_iso}">
 	<head>
 		<title>{$meta_title|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}</title>
