diff --git a/scripts/bom-in-python/bom_csv_by_ref.py b/scripts/bom-in-python/bom_csv_by_ref.py
index 51f8e34a39..b651afac2a 100644
--- a/scripts/bom-in-python/bom_csv_by_ref.py
+++ b/scripts/bom-in-python/bom_csv_by_ref.py
@@ -27,16 +27,23 @@ except IOError:
 # are created a tab delimited list instead!
 out = csv.writer(f, lineterminator='\n', delimiter='\t', quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE)
 
+# override csv.writer's writerow() to support utf8 encoding:
+def writerow( acsvwriter, columns ):
+    utf8row = []
+    for col in columns:
+        utf8row.append( str(col).encode('utf8') )
+    acsvwriter.writerow( utf8row )
+
 # Output a field delimited header line
-out.writerow(['Source:', net.getSource()])
-out.writerow(['Date:', net.getDate()])
-out.writerow(['Tool:', net.getTool()])
-out.writerow(['Component Count:', len(net.components)])
-out.writerow(['Ref', 'Value', 'Part', 'Documentation', 'Description', 'Vendor'])
+writerow( out, ['Source:', net.getSource()] )
+writerow( out, ['Date:', net.getDate()] )
+writerow( out, ['Tool:', net.getTool()] )
+writerow( out, ['Component Count:', len(net.components)] )
+writerow( out, ['Ref', 'Value', 'Part', 'Documentation', 'Description', 'Vendor'] )
 
 components = net.getInterestingComponents()
 
 # Output all of the component information
 for c in components:
-    out.writerow([c.getRef(), c.getValue(), c.getLibName() + ":" + c.getPartName(),
+    writerow( out, [c.getRef(), c.getValue(), c.getLibName() + ":" + c.getPartName(),
         c.getDatasheet(), c.getDescription(), c.getField("Vendor")])
diff --git a/scripts/bom-in-python/bom_csv_by_ref_v2.py b/scripts/bom-in-python/bom_csv_by_ref_v2.py
index e3bef12118..30c8faaabb 100644
--- a/scripts/bom-in-python/bom_csv_by_ref_v2.py
+++ b/scripts/bom-in-python/bom_csv_by_ref_v2.py
@@ -26,17 +26,24 @@ except IOError:
 # Create a new csv writer object to use as the output formatter
 out = csv.writer(f, lineterminator='\n', delimiter=',', quotechar="\"", quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL)
 
+# override csv.writer's writerow() to support utf8 encoding:
+def writerow( acsvwriter, columns ):
+    utf8row = []
+    for col in columns:
+        utf8row.append( str(col).encode('utf8') )
+    acsvwriter.writerow( utf8row )
+
 # Output a field delimited header line
-out.writerow(['Source:', net.getSource()])
-out.writerow(['Date:', net.getDate()])
-out.writerow(['Tool:', net.getTool()])
-out.writerow(['Component Count:', len(net.components)])
-out.writerow(['Ref', 'Value', 'Footprint', 'Datasheet', 'Manufacturer', 'Vendor'])
+writerow( out, ['Source:', net.getSource()] )
+writerow( out, ['Date:', net.getDate()] )
+writerow( out, ['Tool:', net.getTool()] )
+writerow( out, ['Component Count:', len(net.components)] )
+writerow( out, ['Ref', 'Value', 'Footprint', 'Datasheet', 'Manufacturer', 'Vendor'] )
 
 components = net.getInterestingComponents()
 
 # Output all of the component information (One component per row)
 for c in components:
-    out.writerow([c.getRef(), c.getValue(), c.getFootprint(), c.getDatasheet(),
+    writerow( out, [c.getRef(), c.getValue(), c.getFootprint(), c.getDatasheet(),
         c.getField("Manufacturer"), c.getField("Vendor")])
 
diff --git a/scripts/bom-in-python/bom_csv_grouped_by_value.py b/scripts/bom-in-python/bom_csv_grouped_by_value.py
index dba801bc06..29203e33f2 100644
--- a/scripts/bom-in-python/bom_csv_grouped_by_value.py
+++ b/scripts/bom-in-python/bom_csv_grouped_by_value.py
@@ -47,15 +47,22 @@ columns = ['Item', 'Qty', 'Reference(s)', 'Value', 'LibPart', 'Footprint', 'Data
 # Create a new csv writer object to use as the output formatter
 out = csv.writer(f, lineterminator='\n', delimiter=',', quotechar='\"', quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL)
 
+# override csv.writer's writerow() to support utf8 encoding:
+def writerow( acsvwriter, columns ):
+    utf8row = []
+    for col in columns:
+        utf8row.append( str(col).encode('utf8') )
+    acsvwriter.writerow( utf8row )
+
 # Output a set of rows as a header providing general information
-out.writerow(['Source:', net.getSource()])
-out.writerow(['Date:', net.getDate()])
-out.writerow(['Tool:', net.getTool()])
-out.writerow(['Component Count:', len(components)])
-out.writerow([])
-out.writerow(['Individual Components:'])
-out.writerow([])                        # blank line
-out.writerow(columns)
+writerow( out, ['Source:', net.getSource()] )
+writerow( out, ['Date:', net.getDate()] )
+writerow( out, ['Tool:', net.getTool()] )
+writerow( out, ['Component Count:', len(components)] )
+writerow( out, [] )
+writerow( out, ['Individual Components:'] )
+writerow( out, [] )                        # blank line
+writerow( out, columns )
 
 # Output all the interesting components individually first:
 row = []
@@ -74,16 +81,16 @@ for c in components:
     for field in columns[7:]:
         row.append( c.getField( field ) );
 
-    out.writerow(row)
+    writerow( out, row )
 
 
-out.writerow([])                        # blank line
-out.writerow([])                        # blank line
-out.writerow([])                        # blank line
+writerow( out, [] )                        # blank line
+writerow( out, [] )                        # blank line
+writerow( out, [] )                        # blank line
 
-out.writerow(['Collated Components:'])
-out.writerow([])                        # blank line
-out.writerow(columns)                   # reuse same columns
+writerow( out, ['Collated Components:'] )
+writerow( out, [] )                        # blank line
+writerow( out, columns )                   # reuse same columns
 
 
 
@@ -121,6 +128,6 @@ for group in grouped:
     for field in columns[7:]:
         row.append( net.getGroupField(group, field) );
 
-    out.writerow( row )
+    writerow( out,  row  )
 
 f.close()