diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8e001a4..fb8ea99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ Package maintainers and users who have to manually update their installation
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+Version 0.17.0
+==============
+
+- Fix bug where collection discovery under DAV-storages would produce invalid
+  XML. See :gh:`688`.
+
 Version 0.16.3
 ==============
 
diff --git a/vdirsyncer/storage/dav.py b/vdirsyncer/storage/dav.py
index 97827e8..42a18a1 100644
--- a/vdirsyncer/storage/dav.py
+++ b/vdirsyncer/storage/dav.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class Discover(object):
     _homeset_xml = None
     _homeset_tag = None
     _well_known_uri = None
-    _collection_xml = b"""
+    _collection_xml = b"""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
     <d:propfind xmlns:d="DAV:">
         <d:prop>
             <d:resourcetype />