diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c6a74a..2c37fea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,22 @@ The default character encoding in Access databases is [Windows-1252](https://en.
 If you want to convert the data to UTF-8, a simple solution would be:
 
 ```php
-$field = mb_convert_encoding($field, 'UTF-8', 'Windows-1252');
+$field = \mb_convert_encoding($field, 'UTF-8', 'Windows-1252');
+```
+
+If you want all the data to be encoded automatically to UTF-8 (with the performance reduction that it may imply)
+configure the driver as follows:
+
+```php
+$connection = \Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager::getConnection(
+    [
+        'driverClass' => \ZoiloMora\Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\MicrosoftAccess\Driver::class,
+        'dsn' => 'name of the created dsn',
+        'driverOptions' => [
+            'charset' => 'UTF-8',
+        ],
+    ]
+);
 ```
 
 ## License
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 311e95b..208c4dd 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "license": "MIT",
     "require": {
         "php": "^7.4",
+        "ext-mbstring": "*",
         "ext-pdo": "*",
         "ext-odbc": "*",
         "doctrine/dbal": "^2.12"
diff --git a/src/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/MicrosoftAccess/PDO/Connection.php b/src/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/MicrosoftAccess/PDO/Connection.php
index 9953291..0afcb75 100644
--- a/src/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/MicrosoftAccess/PDO/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/MicrosoftAccess/PDO/Connection.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 namespace ZoiloMora\Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\MicrosoftAccess\PDO;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO\Connection as PDOConnection;
-use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO\SQLSrv\Statement;
+use ZoiloMora\Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\MicrosoftAccess\Statement;
 
 final class Connection extends PDOConnection
 {
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ public function __construct($dsn, $user = null, $password = null, $options = nul
             \PDO::ATTR_STATEMENT_CLASS,
             [
                 Statement::class,
-                [],
+                [
+                    true === \array_key_exists('charset', $options)
+                        ? $options['charset']
+                        : null
+                ],
             ],
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/MicrosoftAccess/Statement.php b/src/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/MicrosoftAccess/Statement.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..094a38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/MicrosoftAccess/Statement.php
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ZoiloMora\Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\MicrosoftAccess;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\ParameterType;
+
+final class Statement extends \Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDO\Statement
+{
+    private const FROM_ENCODING = 'Windows-1252';
+
+    private ?string $charset;
+
+    protected function __construct(?string $charset = null)
+    {
+        $this->charset = $charset;
+    }
+
+    public function bindParam($param, &$variable, $type = ParameterType::STRING, $length = null, $driverOptions = null)
+    {
+        switch ($type) {
+            case ParameterType::LARGE_OBJECT:
+            case ParameterType::BINARY:
+                if ($driverOptions === null) {
+                    $driverOptions = \PDO::SQLSRV_ENCODING_BINARY;
+                }
+
+                break;
+
+            case ParameterType::ASCII:
+                $type          = ParameterType::STRING;
+                $length        = 0;
+                $driverOptions = \PDO::SQLSRV_ENCODING_SYSTEM;
+                break;
+        }
+
+        return parent::bindParam($param, $variable, $type, $length, $driverOptions);
+    }
+
+    public function bindValue($param, $value, $type = ParameterType::STRING)
+    {
+        return $this->bindParam($param, $value, $type);
+    }
+
+    public function fetchOne()
+    {
+        return $this->convertStringEncoding(
+            parent::fetchOne()
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function fetchNumeric()
+    {
+        return $this->convertArrayEncoding(
+            parent::fetchNumeric()
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function fetchAssociative()
+    {
+        return $this->convertArrayEncoding(
+            parent::fetchAssociative()
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function fetchAllNumeric(): array
+    {
+        return $this->convertCollectionEncoding(
+            parent::fetchAllNumeric()
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function fetchFirstColumn(): array
+    {
+        return $this->convertArrayEncoding(
+            parent::fetchFirstColumn()
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function fetchAllAssociative(): array
+    {
+        return $this->convertCollectionEncoding(
+            parent::fetchAllAssociative()
+        );
+    }
+
+    private function convertCollectionEncoding(array $items): array
+    {
+        \array_walk(
+            $items,
+            function (&$item) {
+                $item = $this->convertArrayEncoding($item);
+            }
+        );
+
+        return $items;
+    }
+
+    private function convertArrayEncoding(array $items): array
+    {
+        foreach ($items as $key => $value) {
+            $items[$key] = $this->convertStringEncoding($items[$key]);
+        }
+
+        return $items;
+    }
+
+    private function convertStringEncoding(?string $value): ?string
+    {
+        if (null === $this->charset) {
+            return $value;
+        }
+
+        if (null === $value) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return \mb_convert_encoding($value, $this->charset, self::FROM_ENCODING);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/BaseTest.php b/tests/BaseTest.php
index c91a9d0..da2a93f 100644
--- a/tests/BaseTest.php
+++ b/tests/BaseTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,21 @@
 
 abstract class BaseTest extends TestCase
 {
+    protected function filename(): string
+    {
+        return 'default.mdb';
+    }
+
+    protected function dsn(): string
+    {
+        return 'dbal-msaccess';
+    }
+
+    protected function driverOptions(): array
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+
     public function connections(): \Iterator
     {
         if (false === $this->isMicrosoftWindows()) {
@@ -19,7 +34,8 @@ public function connections(): \Iterator
 
         $params = [
             'driverClass' => Driver::class,
-            'dsn' => 'dbal-msaccess',
+            'dsn' => $this->dsn(),
+            'driverOptions' => $this->driverOptions(),
         ];
 
         $connection = DriverManager::getConnection($params);
@@ -28,7 +44,11 @@ public function connections(): \Iterator
             $connection->connect();
         } catch (\Doctrine\DBAL\Exception $exception) {
             throw new \Exception(
-                "You should create a DSN pointing to 'var\database.mdb' called 'dbal-msaccess'",
+                \sprintf(
+                    "You should create a DSN pointing to 'var\%s' called '%s'",
+                    $this->filename(),
+                    $this->dsn()
+                ),
             );
         }
 
@@ -45,8 +65,8 @@ private function createDatabase(): string
         $ds = \DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
         $root = __DIR__ . $ds . '..' . $ds;
 
-        $source = $root . 'tests' . $ds . 'database.mdb';
-        $dest = $root . 'var' . $ds . 'database.mdb';
+        $source = $root . 'tests' . $ds . 'Databases' . $ds . $this->filename();
+        $dest = $root . 'var' . $ds . $this->filename();
 
         \copy($source, $dest);
 
diff --git a/tests/Databases/Iurie-popovt-test.accdb b/tests/Databases/Iurie-popovt-test.accdb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..460f00a
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/Databases/Iurie-popovt-test.accdb differ
diff --git a/tests/database.mdb b/tests/Databases/default.mdb
similarity index 72%
rename from tests/database.mdb
rename to tests/Databases/default.mdb
index 01e92e8..ff43ee0 100644
Binary files a/tests/database.mdb and b/tests/Databases/default.mdb differ
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/MicrosoftAccess/StatementTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/MicrosoftAccess/StatementTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66a4242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/MicrosoftAccess/StatementTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ZoiloMora\Tests\Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\MicrosoftAccess;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+use ZoiloMora\Tests\BaseTest;
+
+class StatementTest extends BaseTest
+{
+    private const TABLE_NAME = 'test';
+
+    protected function filename(): string
+    {
+        return 'Iurie-popovt-test.accdb';
+    }
+
+    protected function dsn(): string
+    {
+        return 'Iurie-popovt-test';
+    }
+
+    protected function driverOptions(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'charset' => 'UTF-8',
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @dataProvider connections
+     */
+    public function given_a_french_database_when_has_driver_options_then_it_appears_in_utf8(Connection $connection)
+    {
+        $result = $connection
+            ->createQueryBuilder()
+            ->select('note')
+            ->from(self::TABLE_NAME)
+            ->execute();
+
+        $item = $result->fetchAllAssociative()[0];
+
+        $this->assertSame('Matériel Prêt un mail est envoyé', $item['note']);
+    }
+}