diff --git a/server/src/services/notifications.ts b/server/src/services/notifications.ts
index 0458c27e..5f0fa31e 100644
--- a/server/src/services/notifications.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/notifications.ts
@@ -621,6 +621,15 @@ export function isNtfyConfiguredAdmin(): boolean {
   return !!(getAppSetting('admin_ntfy_topic'));
 }
 
+function encodeHeaderValue(value: string): string {
+  for (let i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
+    if (value.charCodeAt(i) > 0xFF) {
+      return `=?UTF-8?B?${Buffer.from(value, 'utf8').toString('base64')}?=`;
+    }
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
 export async function sendNtfy(
   url: string,
   token: string | null,
@@ -638,11 +647,11 @@ export async function sendNtfy(
 
   // ntfy header-based API: POST to topic URL, body = plain text message, metadata in headers
   const headers: Record<string, string> = {
-    'Title': payload.title,
+    'Title': encodeHeaderValue(payload.title),
     'Priority': String(meta.priority),
   };
   if (meta.tags.length > 0) headers['Tags'] = meta.tags.join(',');
-  if (payload.link) headers['Click'] = payload.link;
+  if (payload.link) headers['Click'] = encodeHeaderValue(payload.link);
   if (token) headers['Authorization'] = `Bearer ${token}`;
 
   try {
diff --git a/server/tests/unit/services/notifications.test.ts b/server/tests/unit/services/notifications.test.ts
index 6744dd62..42f8ef03 100644
--- a/server/tests/unit/services/notifications.test.ts
+++ b/server/tests/unit/services/notifications.test.ts
@@ -455,4 +455,27 @@ describe('sendNtfy', () => {
     expect(calledOpts.headers['Priority']).toBe('3');
     expect(calledOpts.headers['Tags']).toBeUndefined(); // empty tags = no header
   });
+
+  it('NTFY-009 — title with non-Latin-1 chars is RFC 2047 encoded', async () => {
+    const mockFetch = globalThis.fetch as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+    mockFetch.mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: true, text: async () => '' } as never);
+
+    await sendNtfy(ntfyUrl, null, { ...payload, title: 'Buy →€ ticket' });
+
+    const [, calledOpts] = mockFetch.mock.calls[0];
+    const encoded = calledOpts.headers['Title'] as string;
+    expect(encoded).toMatch(/^=\?UTF-8\?B\?/);
+    const b64 = encoded.replace(/^=\?UTF-8\?B\?/, '').replace(/\?=$/, '');
+    expect(Buffer.from(b64, 'base64').toString('utf8')).toBe('Buy →€ ticket');
+  });
+
+  it('NTFY-010 — ASCII-only title is passed through verbatim', async () => {
+    const mockFetch = globalThis.fetch as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+    mockFetch.mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: true, text: async () => '' } as never);
+
+    await sendNtfy(ntfyUrl, null, { ...payload, title: 'Simple ASCII title' });
+
+    const [, calledOpts] = mockFetch.mock.calls[0];
+    expect(calledOpts.headers['Title']).toBe('Simple ASCII title');
+  });
 });