diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Preferences/UserDefinitions.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Preferences/UserDefinitions.tsx
index 00d2f28acd7..973a772d447 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Preferences/UserDefinitions.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Preferences/UserDefinitions.tsx
@@ -1572,6 +1572,16 @@ export const userPreferenceDefinitions = {
               },
             ],
           }),
+          exportCsvUtf8Bom: definePref<boolean>({
+            title: preferencesText.exportCsvUtf8Bom(),
+            description: (
+              <span>{preferencesText.exportCsvUtf8BomDescription()}</span>
+            ),
+            requiresReload: false,
+            visible: true,
+            defaultValue: true,
+            type: 'java.lang.Boolean',
+          }),
           displayBasicView: definePref<boolean>({
             title: preferencesText.displayBasicView(),
             requiresReload: false,
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/QueryBuilder/Export.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/QueryBuilder/Export.tsx
index 65c508ec627..01f16e8d571 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/QueryBuilder/Export.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/QueryBuilder/Export.tsx
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ export function QueryExportButtons({
     undefined
   );
 
-  function doQueryExport(url: string, delimiter: string | undefined): void {
+  function doQueryExport(
+    url: string,
+    delimiter: string | undefined,
+    bom: boolean | undefined
+  ): void {
     if (typeof getQueryFieldRecords === 'function')
       queryResource.set('fields', getQueryFieldRecords());
     const serialized = queryResource.toJSON();
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ export function QueryExportButtons({
           ),
         recordSetId,
         delimiter,
+        bom,
       }),
       errorMode: 'dismissible',
     });
@@ -78,6 +83,12 @@ export function QueryExportButtons({
     'exportFileDelimiter'
   );
 
+  const [utf8Bom] = userPreferences.use(
+    'queryBuilder',
+    'behavior',
+    'exportCsvUtf8Bom'
+  );
+
   /*
    *Will be only called if query is not distinct,
    *selection not enabled when distinct selected
@@ -105,7 +116,13 @@ export function QueryExportButtons({
         generateMappingPathPreview(baseTableName, field.mappingPath)
       );
 
-    return downloadDataSet(name, filteredResults, columnsName, separator);
+    return downloadDataSet(
+      name,
+      filteredResults,
+      columnsName,
+      separator,
+      utf8Bom
+    );
   }
 
   const containsResults = results.current?.some((row) => row !== undefined);
@@ -141,7 +158,7 @@ export function QueryExportButtons({
           showConfirmation={showConfirmation}
           onClick={(): void => {
             selectedRows.size === 0
-              ? doQueryExport('/stored_query/exportcsv/', separator)
+              ? doQueryExport('/stored_query/exportcsv/', separator, utf8Bom)
               : exportSelected().catch(softFail);
           }}
         >
@@ -154,7 +171,7 @@ export function QueryExportButtons({
           showConfirmation={showConfirmation}
           onClick={(): void =>
             hasLocalityColumns(fields)
-              ? doQueryExport('/stored_query/exportkml/', undefined)
+              ? doQueryExport('/stored_query/exportkml/', undefined, undefined)
               : setState('warning')
           }
         >
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WorkBench/helpers.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WorkBench/helpers.ts
index 78a88b5d1ad..4dc12cdf717 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WorkBench/helpers.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/WorkBench/helpers.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ export const downloadDataSet = async (
   name: string,
   rows: RA<RA<string>>,
   columns: RA<string>,
-  delimiter: string
+  delimiter: string,
+  bom: boolean = false
 ): Promise<void> =>
   new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
     stringify(
       [columns, ...rows],
       {
         delimiter,
+        bom,
       },
       (error, output) => {
         if (error === undefined)
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/preferences.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/preferences.ts
index 433f1e41f46..77b65facdd2 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/preferences.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/preferences.ts
@@ -1060,6 +1060,26 @@ export const preferencesText = createDictionary({
     'uk-ua': 'Роздільник файлу експорту',
     'de-ch': 'Trennzeichen für Exportdateien',
   },
+  exportCsvUtf8Bom: {
+    'en-us': 'Add UTF-8 BOM to CSV file exports',
+    'ru-ru': 'Добавить UTF-8 BOM в экспорт CSV-файла',
+    'es-es': 'Agregar BOM UTF-8 a las exportaciones de archivos CSV',
+    'fr-fr': 'Ajouter UTF-8 BOM aux exportations de fichiers CSV',
+    'uk-ua': 'Додайте специфікацію UTF-8 до експорту файлу CSVу',
+    'de-ch': 'UTF-8 BOM zum CSV-Dateiexport hinzufügen',
+  },
+  exportCsvUtf8BomDescription: {
+    'en-us':
+      'Adds a BOM (Byte Order Mark) to exported CSV files to ensure that the file is correctly recognized and displayed by various programs (Excel, OpenRefine, etc.), preventing issues with special characters and formatting.',
+    'ru-ru': 'Корректное отображение экспортированных CSV-файлов в Excel.',
+    'es-es':
+      'Hace que las exportaciones de archivos CSV se muestren correctamente en Excel.',
+    'fr-fr':
+      "Permet aux exportations de fichiers CSV de s'afficher correctement dans Excel.",
+    'uk-ua': 'Змушує експорт файлів CSV правильно відображатися в Excel.',
+    'de-ch':
+      'Sorgt dafür, dass CSV-Dateiexporte in Excel korrekt angezeigt werden.',
+  },
   caseSensitive: {
     'en-us': 'Case-sensitive',
     'ru-ru': 'С учетом регистра',
diff --git a/specifyweb/stored_queries/execution.py b/specifyweb/stored_queries/execution.py
index 7a8689b8841..d2328e0e1a7 100644
--- a/specifyweb/stored_queries/execution.py
+++ b/specifyweb/stored_queries/execution.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def do_export(spquery, collection, user, filename, exporttype, host):
             query_to_csv(session, collection, user, tableid, field_specs, path,
                          recordsetid=recordsetid, 
                          captions=spquery['captions'], strip_id=True,
-                         distinct=spquery['selectdistinct'], delimiter=spquery['delimiter'],)
+                         distinct=spquery['selectdistinct'], delimiter=spquery['delimiter'], bom=spquery['bom'])
         elif exporttype == 'kml':
             query_to_kml(session, collection, user, tableid, field_specs, path, spquery['captions'], host,
                          recordsetid=recordsetid, strip_id=False)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def stored_query_to_csv(query_id, collection, user, path):
 
 def query_to_csv(session, collection, user, tableid, field_specs, path,
                  recordsetid=None, captions=False, strip_id=False, row_filter=None,
-                 distinct=False, delimiter=','):
+                 distinct=False, delimiter=',', bom=False):
     """Build a sqlalchemy query using the QueryField objects given by
     field_specs and send the results to a CSV file at the given
     file path.
@@ -198,7 +198,11 @@ def query_to_csv(session, collection, user, tableid, field_specs, path,
 
     logger.debug('query_to_csv starting')
 
-    with open(path, 'w', newline='', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    encoding = 'utf-8'
+    if bom:
+        encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
+
+    with open(path, 'w', newline='', encoding=encoding) as f:
         csv_writer = csv.writer(f, delimiter=delimiter)
         if captions:
             header = captions