diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b019a97f0..88da03561 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -287,6 +287,70 @@ version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cd56b59865bce947ac5958779cfa508f6c3b9497cc762b7e24a12d11ccde2c4f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding"
+version = "0.2.33"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6b0d943856b990d12d3b55b359144ff341533e516d94098b1d3fc1ac666d36ec"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding-index-japanese",
+ "encoding-index-korean",
+ "encoding-index-simpchinese",
+ "encoding-index-singlebyte",
+ "encoding-index-tradchinese",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding-index-japanese"
+version = "1.20141219.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04e8b2ff42e9a05335dbf8b5c6f7567e5591d0d916ccef4e0b1710d32a0d0c91"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding_index_tests",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding-index-korean"
+version = "1.20141219.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4dc33fb8e6bcba213fe2f14275f0963fd16f0a02c878e3095ecfdf5bee529d81"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding_index_tests",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding-index-simpchinese"
+version = "1.20141219.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d87a7194909b9118fc707194baa434a4e3b0fb6a5a757c73c3adb07aa25031f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding_index_tests",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding-index-singlebyte"
+version = "1.20141219.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3351d5acffb224af9ca265f435b859c7c01537c0849754d3db3fdf2bfe2ae84a"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding_index_tests",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding-index-tradchinese"
+version = "1.20141219.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fd0e20d5688ce3cab59eb3ef3a2083a5c77bf496cb798dc6fcdb75f323890c18"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding_index_tests",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding_index_tests"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a246d82be1c9d791c5dfde9a2bd045fc3cbba3fa2b11ad558f27d01712f00569"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enumflags2"
 version = "0.6.4"
@@ -981,6 +1045,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "content_inspector",
  "derive_more 0.99.11",
  "derive_setters",
+ "encoding",
  "itertools",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
diff --git a/crates/typos/Cargo.toml b/crates/typos/Cargo.toml
index e777c5798..1c2512502 100644
--- a/crates/typos/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/typos/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ unicode-segmentation = "1.6.0"
 derive_more = "0.99.11"
 derive_setters = "0.1"
 content_inspector = "0.2.4"
+encoding = "0.2"
diff --git a/crates/typos/src/checks.rs b/crates/typos/src/checks.rs
index 984413f77..8d9486e98 100644
--- a/crates/typos/src/checks.rs
+++ b/crates/typos/src/checks.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use bstr::ByteSlice;
+use encoding::Encoding;
 
 use crate::report;
 use crate::tokens;
@@ -190,18 +191,31 @@ impl ParseWords {
 
         let buffer = std::fs::read(path)
             .map_err(|e| crate::ErrorKind::IoError.into_error().with_source(e))?;
-        if !explicit && !self.binary {
-            let content_type = content_inspector::inspect(&buffer);
-            // HACK: We only support UTF-8 at the moment
-            if content_type.is_binary()
-                || (content_type != content_inspector::ContentType::UTF_8_BOM
-                    && content_type != content_inspector::ContentType::UTF_8)
-            {
-                let msg = report::BinaryFile { path };
-                reporter.report(msg.into());
-                return Ok(typos_found);
-            }
-        }
+        let content_type = content_inspector::inspect(&buffer);
+
+        let buffer = match content_type {
+            content_inspector::ContentType::BINARY |
+            // HACK: We don't support UTF-32 yet
+            content_inspector::ContentType::UTF_32LE |
+            content_inspector::ContentType::UTF_32BE
+                => {
+                if !explicit && !self.binary {
+                    let msg = report::BinaryFile { path };
+                    reporter.report(msg.into());
+                    return Ok(typos_found);
+                } else {
+                    buffer
+                }
+            },
+            content_inspector::ContentType::UTF_8 |
+            content_inspector::ContentType::UTF_8_BOM
+                => { buffer
+                },
+            content_inspector::ContentType::UTF_16LE |
+            content_inspector::ContentType::UTF_16BE => {
+                buffer
+            },
+        };
 
         for line in buffer.lines() {
             let msg = report::Parse {