diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/csv_loader.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/csv_loader.py
index 8f2351602..d58b8c528 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/csv_loader.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/csv_loader.py
@@ -223,4 +223,7 @@ def __init__(
     def _get_elements(self) -> List:
         from unstructured.partition.csv import partition_csv
 
-        return partition_csv(filename=self.file_path, **self.unstructured_kwargs)
+        input_encoding = self.unstructured_kwargs.get("encoding")
+        return partition_csv(
+            filename=self.file_path, encoding=input_encoding, **self.unstructured_kwargs
+        )