diff --git a/CHANGE.md b/CHANGE.md
index 78233aa..b607e27 100755
--- a/CHANGE.md
+++ b/CHANGE.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Change Log: `yii2-export`
 
 **Date:** _under development_
 
+- (enh #272): UTF-8 encoding for HTML, CSV, TEXT formats.
 - (enh #271): Locale specific validation messages and code enhancements.
 - (enh #270): Add iframe as default target for export form download.
 - (enh #248): Add direct download, supplement sheets, data validation features.
diff --git a/src/ExportMenu.php b/src/ExportMenu.php
index 3c9dda9..37ea5c1 100644
--- a/src/ExportMenu.php
+++ b/src/ExportMenu.php
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ class ExportMenu extends GridView
 {
     use TranslationTrait;
 
+    /**
+     * @var string UTF-8 encoding
+     */
+    const ENCODING_UTF8 = 'utf-8';
     /**
      * @var string HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) export format
      */
@@ -373,9 +377,9 @@ class ExportMenu extends GridView
     public $autoWidth = true;
 
     /**
-     * @var string encoding for the downloaded file header. Defaults to 'utf-8'.
+     * @var string encoding for the downloaded file header. Defaults to [[ENCODING_UTF8]].
      */
-    public $encoding = 'utf-8';
+    public $encoding = self::ENCODING_UTF8;
 
     /**
      * @var string the exported output file name. Defaults to 'grid-export';
@@ -1117,10 +1121,15 @@ public function initPhpSpreadsheetWriter($type)
          * @var WriterCsv $writer
          */
         $writer = $this->_objWriter = IOFactory::createWriter($this->_objSpreadsheet, $type);
-        if ($this->_exportType === self::FORMAT_TEXT) {
+        $t = $this->_exportType;
+        if ($t === self::FORMAT_TEXT) {
             $delimiter = $this->getSetting('delimiter', "\t");
             $writer->setDelimiter($delimiter);
         }
+        $needsEncoding = $t === self::FORMAT_HTML || $t === self::FORMAT_CSV || $t === self::FORMAT_TEXT;
+        if ($this->encoding === self::ENCODING_UTF8 && $needsEncoding) {
+            $writer->setUseBOM(true);
+        }
         $this->raiseEvent('onInitWriter', [$this->_objWriter, $this]);
     }