diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 575cd8a..010ebe0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ pub fn from_path(p: &str, options: &Options) -> Result<String> {
     .parse()
     .map_err(|e| raw_to_parse_error(&map, *e, options.unicode_error_messages))?;
 
-    Css::from_stmts(stmts, false)
+    Css::from_stmts(stmts, false, options.allows_charset)
         .map_err(|e| raw_to_parse_error(&map, *e, options.unicode_error_messages))?
         .pretty_print(&map)
         .map_err(|e| raw_to_parse_error(&map, *e, options.unicode_error_messages))
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ pub fn from_string(p: String, options: &Options) -> Result<String> {
     .parse()
     .map_err(|e| raw_to_parse_error(&map, *e, options.unicode_error_messages))?;
 
-    Css::from_stmts(stmts, false)
+    Css::from_stmts(stmts, false, options.allows_charset)
         .map_err(|e| raw_to_parse_error(&map, *e, options.unicode_error_messages))?
         .pretty_print(&map)
         .map_err(|e| raw_to_parse_error(&map, *e, options.unicode_error_messages))
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ pub fn from_string(p: String, options: &'_ Options<'_>) -> std::result::Result<S
     .parse()
     .map_err(|e| raw_to_parse_error(&map, *e, options.unicode_error_messages).to_string())?;
 
-    Ok(Css::from_stmts(stmts, false)
+    Ok(Css::from_stmts(stmts, false, options.allows_charset)
         .map_err(|e| raw_to_parse_error(&map, *e, options.unicode_error_messages).to_string())?
         .pretty_print(&map)
         .map_err(|e| raw_to_parse_error(&map, *e, options.unicode_error_messages).to_string())?)
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 93e7fdd..6146daf 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("NO_CHARSET")
                 .long("no-charset")
-                .hidden(true)
                 .help("Don't emit a @charset or BOM for CSS with non-ASCII characters."),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -190,7 +189,8 @@ fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let options = &Options::default()
         .load_paths(&vals)
         .quiet(matches.is_present("QUIET"))
-        .unicode_error_messages(!matches.is_present("NO_UNICODE"));
+        .unicode_error_messages(!matches.is_present("NO_UNICODE"))
+        .allows_charset(!matches.is_present("NO_CHARSET"));
 
     if let Some(name) = matches.value_of("INPUT") {
         if let Some(path) = matches.value_of("OUTPUT") {
diff --git a/src/output.rs b/src/output.rs
index 8f7d31f..0a14ada 100644
--- a/src/output.rs
+++ b/src/output.rs
@@ -95,18 +95,24 @@ impl Toplevel {
 pub(crate) struct Css {
     blocks: Vec<Toplevel>,
     in_at_rule: bool,
+    allows_charset: bool,
 }
 
 impl Css {
-    pub const fn new(in_at_rule: bool) -> Self {
+    pub const fn new(in_at_rule: bool, allows_charset: bool) -> Self {
         Css {
             blocks: Vec::new(),
             in_at_rule,
+            allows_charset,
         }
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn from_stmts(s: Vec<Stmt>, in_at_rule: bool) -> SassResult<Self> {
-        Css::new(in_at_rule).parse_stylesheet(s)
+    pub(crate) fn from_stmts(
+        s: Vec<Stmt>,
+        in_at_rule: bool,
+        allows_charset: bool,
+    ) -> SassResult<Self> {
+        Css::new(in_at_rule, allows_charset).parse_stylesheet(s)
     }
 
     fn parse_stmt(&mut self, stmt: Stmt) -> SassResult<Vec<Toplevel>> {
@@ -225,8 +231,9 @@ impl Css {
 
     pub fn pretty_print(self, map: &CodeMap) -> SassResult<String> {
         let mut string = Vec::new();
+        let allows_charset = self.allows_charset;
         self._inner_pretty_print(&mut string, map, 0)?;
-        if string.iter().any(|s| !s.is_ascii()) {
+        if allows_charset && string.iter().any(|s| !s.is_ascii()) {
             return Ok(format!("@charset \"UTF-8\";\n{}", unsafe {
                 String::from_utf8_unchecked(string)
             }));
@@ -309,7 +316,11 @@ impl Css {
                         writeln!(buf, " {{")?;
                     }
 
-                    Css::from_stmts(body, true)?._inner_pretty_print(buf, map, nesting + 1)?;
+                    Css::from_stmts(body, true, self.allows_charset)?._inner_pretty_print(
+                        buf,
+                        map,
+                        nesting + 1,
+                    )?;
                     writeln!(buf, "{}}}", padding)?;
                 }
                 Toplevel::Keyframes(k) => {
@@ -332,7 +343,11 @@ impl Css {
                         writeln!(buf, " {{")?;
                     }
 
-                    Css::from_stmts(body, true)?._inner_pretty_print(buf, map, nesting + 1)?;
+                    Css::from_stmts(body, true, self.allows_charset)?._inner_pretty_print(
+                        buf,
+                        map,
+                        nesting + 1,
+                    )?;
                     writeln!(buf, "{}}}", padding)?;
                 }
                 Toplevel::Supports { params, body } => {
@@ -354,7 +369,11 @@ impl Css {
                         writeln!(buf, " {{")?;
                     }
 
-                    Css::from_stmts(body, true)?._inner_pretty_print(buf, map, nesting + 1)?;
+                    Css::from_stmts(body, true, self.allows_charset)?._inner_pretty_print(
+                        buf,
+                        map,
+                        nesting + 1,
+                    )?;
                     writeln!(buf, "{}}}", padding)?;
                 }
                 Toplevel::Media { query, body } => {
@@ -363,7 +382,11 @@ impl Css {
                     }
 
                     writeln!(buf, "{}@media {} {{", padding, query)?;
-                    Css::from_stmts(body, true)?._inner_pretty_print(buf, map, nesting + 1)?;
+                    Css::from_stmts(body, true, self.allows_charset)?._inner_pretty_print(
+                        buf,
+                        map,
+                        nesting + 1,
+                    )?;
                     writeln!(buf, "{}}}", padding)?;
                 }
                 Toplevel::Style(s) => {