diff --git a/sqlite_utils/cli.py b/sqlite_utils/cli.py
index 68bd98684..cbc0555b4 100644
--- a/sqlite_utils/cli.py
+++ b/sqlite_utils/cli.py
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ def insert_upsert_implementation(
         raise click.ClickException("Use just one of --nl, --csv or --tsv")
     if encoding and not (csv or tsv):
         raise click.ClickException("--encoding must be used with --csv or --tsv")
-    encoding = encoding or "utf-8"
+    encoding = encoding or "utf-8-sig"
     buffered = io.BufferedReader(json_file, buffer_size=4096)
     decoded = io.TextIOWrapper(buffered, encoding=encoding)
     if pk and len(pk) == 1:
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 17ce27d8f..3807eca52 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1915,3 +1915,28 @@ def test_attach(tmpdir):
         {"id": 1, "text": "foo"},
         {"id": 1, "text": "bar"},
     ]
+
+
+def test_csv_insert_bom(tmpdir):
+    db_path = str(tmpdir / "test.db")
+    bom_csv_path = str(tmpdir / "bom.csv")
+    with open(bom_csv_path, "wb") as fp:
+        fp.write(b"\xef\xbb\xbfname,age\nCleo,5")
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(
+        cli.cli,
+        ["insert", db_path, "broken", bom_csv_path, "--encoding", "utf-8", "--csv"],
+        catch_exceptions=False,
+    )
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    result2 = CliRunner().invoke(
+        cli.cli,
+        ["insert", db_path, "fixed", bom_csv_path, "--csv"],
+        catch_exceptions=False,
+    )
+    assert result2.exit_code == 0
+    db = Database(db_path)
+    tables = db.execute("select name, sql from sqlite_master").fetchall()
+    assert tables == [
+        ("broken", "CREATE TABLE [broken] (\n   [\ufeffname] TEXT,\n   [age] TEXT\n)"),
+        ("fixed", "CREATE TABLE [fixed] (\n   [name] TEXT,\n   [age] TEXT\n)"),
+    ]