diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d4bf4e5..31c6df07 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 - Avoid potentially unsupported PSR-16 cache keys - [#354](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/354) 
 - Check for MIME type to know if CSV reader can read a file - [#167](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/167) 
+- Use proper € symbol for currency format - [#379](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/379) 
 
 ## [1.1.0] - 2018-01-28
 
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Style/NumberFormat.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Style/NumberFormat.php
index 6632b517..b18a97d3 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Style/NumberFormat.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Style/NumberFormat.php
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class NumberFormat extends Supervisor
 
     const FORMAT_CURRENCY_USD_SIMPLE = '"$"#,##0.00_-';
     const FORMAT_CURRENCY_USD = '$#,##0_-';
-    const FORMAT_CURRENCY_EUR_SIMPLE = '[$EUR ]#,##0.00_-';
+    const FORMAT_CURRENCY_EUR_SIMPLE = '#,##0.00_-"€"';
+    const FORMAT_CURRENCY_EUR = '#,##0_-"€"';
 
     /**
      * Excel built-in number formats.