diff --git a/singer_encodings/csv.py b/singer_encodings/csv.py
index 4711cea..2dea166 100644
--- a/singer_encodings/csv.py
+++ b/singer_encodings/csv.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def get_row_iterator(iterable, options=None):
     which can be used to yield CSV rows."""
     options = options or {}
 
-    file_stream = codecs.iterdecode(iterable, encoding='utf-8')
+    file_stream = codecs.iterdecode(iterable, encoding=options.get('encoding', 'utf-8'))
 
     # Replace any NULL bytes in the line given to the DictReader
     reader = csv.DictReader((line.replace('\0', '') for line in file_stream), fieldnames=None, restkey=SDC_EXTRA_COLUMN, delimiter=options.get('delimiter', ','))