diff --git a/src/BootstrapTable.js b/src/BootstrapTable.js
index 1ed3e6ee8..4f9f7fe18 100644
--- a/src/BootstrapTable.js
+++ b/src/BootstrapTable.js
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ class BootstrapTable extends Component {
       csvFileName = csvFileName();
     }
 
-    exportCSVUtil(result, keys, csvFileName, separator, noAutoBOM || true, excludeCSVHeader);
+    exportCSVUtil(result, keys, csvFileName, separator, noAutoBOM, excludeCSVHeader);
   }
 
   handleSearch = searchText => {
diff --git a/src/csv_export_util.js b/src/csv_export_util.js
index 839f92479..929b47e83 100644
--- a/src/csv_export_util.js
+++ b/src/csv_export_util.js
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ function toString(data, keys, separator, excludeCSVHeader) {
 const exportCSV = function(data, keys, filename, separator, noAutoBOM, excludeCSVHeader) {
   const dataString = toString(data, keys, separator, excludeCSVHeader);
   if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+    noAutoBOM = noAutoBOM === undefined ? true : noAutoBOM;
     saveAs(new Blob([ dataString ],
         { type: 'text/plain;charset=utf-8' }),
         filename, noAutoBOM);