diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index df5686f7dc..dfba9da5ee 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #3574: Add integrity check support for SQLite (zeeke)
 - Enh #3597: Nested array support for HTML5 custom "data-*" attributes (armab)
 - Enh #3607: Added support for limit in migrations actions: history, new, redo (Ragazzo)
+- Enh #3631: Added property `currencyCode` to `yii\i18n\Formatter` (leandrogehlen)
 - Enh #3636: Hide menu container tag with empty items in `yii\widgets\Menu` (arturf)
 - Enh #3643: Improved Mime-Type detection by using the `mime.types` file from apache http project to dected mime types by file extension (cebe, pavel-voronin, trejder)
 - Enh: Added support for using sub-queries when building a DB query with `IN` condition (qiangxue)
diff --git a/framework/i18n/Formatter.php b/framework/i18n/Formatter.php
index 7ada01c43a..98f5287875 100644
--- a/framework/i18n/Formatter.php
+++ b/framework/i18n/Formatter.php
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ class Formatter extends \yii\base\Formatter
      * If not set, the thousand separator corresponding to [[locale]] will be used.
      */
     public $thousandSeparator;
+    /**
+     * @var string the international currency code displayed when formatting a number.
+     * If not set, the currency code corresponding to [[locale]] will be used.
+     */
+    public $currencyCode;
 
     /**
      * Initializes the component.
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ class Formatter extends \yii\base\Formatter
         if ($this->locale === null) {
             $this->locale = Yii::$app->language;
         }
-        if ($this->decimalSeparator === null || $this->thousandSeparator === null) {
+        if ($this->decimalSeparator === null || $this->thousandSeparator === null || $this->currencyCode === null) {
             $formatter = new NumberFormatter($this->locale, NumberFormatter::DECIMAL);
             if ($this->decimalSeparator === null) {
                 $this->decimalSeparator = $formatter->getSymbol(NumberFormatter::DECIMAL_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL);
@@ -96,6 +101,9 @@ class Formatter extends \yii\base\Formatter
             if ($this->thousandSeparator === null) {
                 $this->thousandSeparator = $formatter->getSymbol(NumberFormatter::GROUPING_SEPARATOR_SYMBOL);
             }
+            if ($this->currencyCode === null) {
+                $this->currencyCode = $formatter->getSymbol(NumberFormatter::INTL_CURRENCY_SYMBOL);
+            }
         }
 
         parent::init();
@@ -257,15 +265,20 @@ class Formatter extends \yii\base\Formatter
      * Formats the value as a currency number.
      * @param mixed $value the value to be formatted
      * @param string $currency the 3-letter ISO 4217 currency code indicating the currency to use.
+     * If null, [[currencyCode]] will be used.
      * @param string $format the format to be used. Please refer to [ICU manual](http://www.icu-project.org/apiref/icu4c/classDecimalFormat.html#_details)
      * for details on how to specify a format.
      * @return string the formatted result.
      */
-    public function asCurrency($value, $currency = 'USD', $format = null)
+    public function asCurrency($value, $currency = null, $format = null)
     {
         if ($value === null) {
             return $this->nullDisplay;
         }
+        
+        if ($currency === null){
+            $currency = $this->currencyCode;
+        }
 
         return $this->createNumberFormatter(NumberFormatter::CURRENCY, $format)->formatCurrency($value, $currency);
     }