diff --git a/lib/csv.rb b/lib/csv.rb
index 30e4b23586..336b42a697 100644
--- a/lib/csv.rb
+++ b/lib/csv.rb
@@ -1014,8 +1014,8 @@ class CSV
   HeaderConverters = {
     downcase: lambda { |h| h.encode(ConverterEncoding).downcase },
     symbol:   lambda { |h|
-      h.encode(ConverterEncoding).downcase.strip.gsub(/\s+/, "_").
-                                                 gsub(/\W+/, "").to_sym
+      h.encode(ConverterEncoding).downcase.gsub(/[^[\s\w]]+/, "").strip.
+                                           gsub(/\s+/, "_").to_sym
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/csv/test_headers.rb b/test/csv/test_headers.rb
index d8a1c15836..5ec8932d95 100755
--- a/test/csv/test_headers.rb
+++ b/test/csv/test_headers.rb
@@ -225,6 +225,13 @@ class TestCSV::Headers < TestCSV
     assert_equal([:one, :two_three], csv.headers)
   end
 
+  def test_builtin_symbol_converter_with_punctuation
+    csv = CSV.parse( "One, Two & Three ($)", headers:           true,
+                                             return_headers:    true,
+                                             header_converters: :symbol )
+    assert_equal([:one, :two_three], csv.headers)
+  end
+
   def test_builtin_converters_with_blank_header
     csv = CSV.parse( "one,,three", headers:           true,
                                    return_headers:    true,