diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b8e84f4d2..a1a6d0dbb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ v2.4.6 (FUTURE)
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
+* [#2393](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox/issues/2393) - Fix Unicode support for CSV import under Python 2
 * [#2483](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox/issues/2483) - Set max item count of API-populated form fields to MAX_PAGE_SIZE
 * [#2484](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox/issues/2484) - Local config context not available on the Virtual Machine Edit Form
 * [#2485](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox/issues/2485) - Fix cancel button when assigning a service to a device/VM
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/forms.py b/netbox/utilities/forms.py
index 47ba3744f..f54b418ca 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/forms.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/forms.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import csv
 from io import StringIO
 import json
 import re
+import sys
 
 from django import forms
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -150,6 +151,11 @@ def add_blank_choice(choices):
     return ((None, '---------'),) + tuple(choices)
 
 
+def utf8_encoder(data):
+    for line in data:
+        yield line.encode('utf-8')
+
+
 #
 # Widgets
 #
@@ -303,7 +309,12 @@ class CSVDataField(forms.CharField):
     def to_python(self, value):
 
         records = []
-        reader = csv.reader(StringIO(value))
+
+        # Python 2 hack for Unicode support in the CSV reader
+        if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+            reader = csv.reader(utf8_encoder(StringIO(value)))
+        else:
+            reader = csv.reader(StringIO(value))
 
         # Consume and validate the first line of CSV data as column headers
         headers = next(reader)