diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py b/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
index b0c51b1e9992..874eed436c9e 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ def text(self, path, compression=None):
     @since(2.0)
     def csv(self, path, mode=None, compression=None, sep=None, quote=None, escape=None,
             header=None, nullValue=None, escapeQuotes=None, quoteAll=None, dateFormat=None,
-            timestampFormat=None):
+            timestampFormat=None, encoding=None):
         """Saves the content of the :class:`DataFrame` in CSV format at the specified path.
 
         :param path: the path in any Hadoop supported file system
@@ -701,13 +701,15 @@ def csv(self, path, mode=None, compression=None, sep=None, quote=None, escape=No
                                 formats follow the formats at ``java.text.SimpleDateFormat``.
                                 This applies to timestamp type. If None is set, it uses the
                                 default value value, ``yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZZ``.
+        :param encoding: encodes the CSV files by the given encoding type. If None is set,
+                         it uses the default value, ``UTF-8``.
 
         >>> df.write.csv(os.path.join(tempfile.mkdtemp(), 'data'))
         """
         self.mode(mode)
         self._set_opts(compression=compression, sep=sep, quote=quote, escape=escape, header=header,
                        nullValue=nullValue, escapeQuotes=escapeQuotes, quoteAll=quoteAll,
-                       dateFormat=dateFormat, timestampFormat=timestampFormat)
+                       dateFormat=dateFormat, timestampFormat=timestampFormat, encoding=encoding)
         self._jwrite.csv(path)
 
     @since(1.5)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
index 9c5660a3780a..35d75dd72d5f 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
@@ -572,6 +572,8 @@ final class DataFrameWriter[T] private[sql](ds: Dataset[T]) {
    * <li>`timestampFormat` (default `yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZZ`): sets the string that
    * indicates a timestamp format. Custom date formats follow the formats at
    * `java.text.SimpleDateFormat`. This applies to timestamp type.</li>
+   * <li>`encoding` (default `UTF-8`): encodes the CSV files by the given encoding
+   * type.</li>
    * </ul>
    *
    * @since 2.0.0
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVParser.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVParser.scala
index 6239508ec942..025de5b29276 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVParser.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVParser.scala
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.csv
 
-import java.io.{CharArrayWriter, OutputStream, StringReader}
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+import java.io.OutputStream
+import java.nio.charset.Charset
 
 import com.univocity.parsers.csv._
 
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ private[csv] class LineCsvWriter(
     output: OutputStream) extends Logging {
   private val writerSettings = new CsvWriterSettings
   private val format = writerSettings.getFormat
+  private val writerCharset = Charset.forName(params.charset)
 
   format.setDelimiter(params.delimiter)
   format.setQuote(params.quote)
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ private[csv] class LineCsvWriter(
   writerSettings.setHeaders(headers: _*)
   writerSettings.setQuoteEscapingEnabled(params.escapeQuotes)
 
-  private val writer = new CsvWriter(output, StandardCharsets.UTF_8, writerSettings)
+  private val writer = new CsvWriter(output, writerCharset, writerSettings)
 
   def writeRow(row: Seq[String], includeHeader: Boolean): Unit = {
     if (includeHeader) {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
index 491ff72337a8..fe962cc90e79 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
@@ -905,4 +905,23 @@ class CSVSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext with SQLTestUtils {
       checkAnswer(df, Row(1, null))
     }
   }
+
+  test("save data with gb18030") {
+    withTempPath { path =>
+      // scalastyle:off
+      val df = Seq(("1", "中文")).toDF("num", "lanaguage")
+      // scalastyle:on
+      df.write
+        .option("header", "true")
+        .option("encoding", "GB18030")
+        .csv(path.getAbsolutePath)
+
+      val readBack = spark.read
+        .option("header", "true")
+        .option("encoding", "GB18030")
+        .csv(path.getAbsolutePath)
+
+      checkAnswer(df, readBack)
+    }
+  }
 }