diff --git a/frappe/utils/xlsxutils.py b/frappe/utils/xlsxutils.py
index 53b44bd5ca..155a5540b6 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/xlsxutils.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/xlsxutils.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from openpyxl.workbook.child import INVALID_TITLE_REGEX
 import frappe
 from frappe.utils.html_utils import unescape_html
 
-ILLEGAL_CHARACTERS_RE = re.compile(r"[\000-\010]|[\013-\014]|[\016-\037]")
+ILLEGAL_CHARACTERS_RE = re.compile(r"[\000-\010]|[\013-\014]|[\016-\037]|\uFEFF|\uFFFE|\uFFFF|[\uD800-\uDFFF]")
 
 
 # return xlsx file object