diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Encryption/EncryptionHandler.cs b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Encryption/EncryptionHandler.cs
index 037c39d5..93d420df 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Encryption/EncryptionHandler.cs
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/Encryption/EncryptionHandler.cs
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
 
                         var decrypted = DecryptData(data, reference);
 
-                        token = new StringToken(OtherEncodings.BytesAsLatin1String(decrypted));
+                        token = GetStringTokenFromDecryptedData(decrypted);
 
                         break;
                     }
@@ -465,6 +465,25 @@
             return token;
         }
 
+        private static StringToken GetStringTokenFromDecryptedData(byte[] data)
+        {
+            if (data[0] == 0xFE && data[1] == 0xFF)
+            {
+                var str  = Encoding.BigEndianUnicode.GetString(data).Substring(1);
+
+                return new StringToken(str, StringToken.Encoding.Utf16BE);
+            }
+            
+            if (data[0] == 0xFF && data[1] == 0xFE)
+            {
+                var str = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(data).Substring(1);
+
+                return new StringToken(str, StringToken.Encoding.Utf16);
+            }
+
+            return new StringToken(OtherEncodings.BytesAsLatin1String(data), StringToken.Encoding.Iso88591);
+        }
+
         private byte[] DecryptData(byte[] data, IndirectReference reference)
         {
             if (useAes && encryptionKey.Length == 32)