diff --git a/charset_normalizer/api.py b/charset_normalizer/api.py
index 7ad912cb..388e841b 100644
--- a/charset_normalizer/api.py
+++ b/charset_normalizer/api.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ def from_bytes(
 
     fallback_ascii = None  # type: Optional[CharsetMatch]
     fallback_u8 = None  # type: Optional[CharsetMatch]
+    fallback_specified = None  # type: Optional[CharsetMatch]
 
     single_byte_hard_failure_count = 0  # type: int
     single_byte_soft_failure_count = 0  # type: int
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ def from_bytes(
                            early_stop_count,
                            round(mean_mess_ratio * 100, ndigits=3))
             # Preparing those fallbacks in case we got nothing.
-            if encoding_iana in ["ascii", "utf_8"]:
+            if encoding_iana in ["ascii", "utf_8", specified_encoding]:
                 fallback_entry = CharsetMatch(
                     sequences,
                     encoding_iana,
@@ -264,7 +265,9 @@ def from_bytes(
                     [],
                     decoded_payload
                 )
-                if encoding_iana == "ascii":
+                if encoding_iana == specified_encoding:
+                    fallback_specified = fallback_entry
+                elif encoding_iana == "ascii":
                     fallback_ascii = fallback_entry
                 else:
                     fallback_u8 = fallback_entry
@@ -332,10 +335,13 @@ def from_bytes(
             )
 
     if len(results) == 0:
-        if fallback_u8 or fallback_ascii:
-            logger.warning("Nothing got out of the detection process. Using ASCII/UTF-8 fallback.")
+        if fallback_u8 or fallback_ascii or fallback_specified:
+            logger.warning("Nothing got out of the detection process. Using ASCII/UTF-8/Specified fallback.")
 
-        if (fallback_u8 and fallback_ascii is None) or (fallback_u8 and fallback_u8.fingerprint != fallback_ascii.fingerprint):
+        if fallback_specified:
+            logger.warning("%s will be used as a fallback match", fallback_specified.encoding)
+            results.append(fallback_specified)
+        elif (fallback_u8 and fallback_ascii is None) or (fallback_u8 and fallback_u8.fingerprint != fallback_ascii.fingerprint):
             logger.warning("utf_8 will be used as a fallback match")
             results.append(fallback_u8)
         elif fallback_ascii: