diff --git a/workflow/engine/classes/class.system.php b/workflow/engine/classes/class.system.php
index 582c88ed3..ea9aa11e5 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/classes/class.system.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/classes/class.system.php
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ class System
         'enable_blacklist' => 0,
         'system_utc_time_zone' => 0,
         'server_protocol' => '',
-        'server_hostname_requests_frontend' => ''
+        'server_hostname_requests_frontend' => '',
+        'load_headers_ie' => 0
     );
 
     /**
@@ -1281,4 +1282,3 @@ class System
     }
 }
 // end System class
-
diff --git a/workflow/engine/skinEngine/skinEngine.php b/workflow/engine/skinEngine/skinEngine.php
index 377bae99b..278534637 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/skinEngine/skinEngine.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/skinEngine/skinEngine.php
@@ -310,7 +310,11 @@ class SkinEngine
     }
 
     $template->assign("doctype", $doctype);
-    $template->assign("meta", $meta);
+
+    if (defined('LOAD_HEADERS_IE') && LOAD_HEADERS_IE == 0) {
+        $template->assign('meta', $meta);
+    }
+
     $template->assign("dirBody", $dirBody);
 
     echo $template->getOutputContent();
@@ -693,7 +697,10 @@ class SkinEngine
         $header .= $oHeadPublisher->getExtJsStylesheets($this->cssFileName);
       }
 
-      $smarty->assign("meta", $meta);
+      if (defined('LOAD_HEADERS_IE') && LOAD_HEADERS_IE == 0) {
+        $smarty->assign('meta', $meta);
+      }
+
       $smarty->assign("header", $header);
 
       $footer = '';
diff --git a/workflow/public_html/sysGeneric.php b/workflow/public_html/sysGeneric.php
index 12281c261..14de9448a 100644
--- a/workflow/public_html/sysGeneric.php
+++ b/workflow/public_html/sysGeneric.php
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ define( 'MEMCACHED_SERVER', $config['memcached_server'] );
 
 define ('WS_IN_LOGIN', isset($config['WS_IN_LOGIN']) ? $config['WS_IN_LOGIN'] : 'serverconf');
 
+define('LOAD_HEADERS_IE', $config['load_headers_ie']);
+
 // IIS Compatibility, SERVER_ADDR doesn't exist on that env, so we need to define it.
 $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'] = isset( $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'] ) ? $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'] : $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];