diff --git a/tests/snippets/test_csv.py b/tests/snippets/test_csv.py
index 4d687cfbd7..6ba66d30f7 100644
--- a/tests/snippets/test_csv.py
+++ b/tests/snippets/test_csv.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from testutils import assert_raises
+
 import csv
 
 for row in csv.reader(['one,two,three']):
@@ -21,3 +23,23 @@ def f():
 	assert six == 'six'
 
 f()
+
+def test_delim():
+	iter = ['one|two|three', 'four|five|six']
+	reader = csv.reader(iter, delimiter='|')
+
+	[one,two,three] = next(reader)
+	[four,five,six] = next(reader)
+
+	assert one == 'one'
+	assert two == 'two'
+	assert three == 'three'
+	assert four == 'four'
+	assert five == 'five'
+	assert six == 'six'
+
+	with assert_raises(TypeError):
+		iter = ['one,,two,,three']
+		csv.reader(iter, delimiter=',,')
+
+test_delim()
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/csv.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/csv.rs
index c00fb8890d..d937379bb2 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/csv.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/csv.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter};
 use csv as rust_csv;
 use itertools::join;
 
+use crate::function::PyFuncArgs;
+
 use crate::obj::objiter;
-use crate::obj::objstr::PyString;
+use crate::obj::objstr::{self, PyString};
 use crate::obj::objtype::PyClassRef;
 use crate::pyobject::{IntoPyObject, TryFromObject, TypeProtocol};
 use crate::pyobject::{PyClassImpl, PyIterable, PyObjectRef, PyRef, PyResult, PyValue};
@@ -20,8 +22,58 @@ pub enum QuoteStyle {
     QuoteNone,
 }
 
-pub fn build_reader(iterable: PyIterable<PyObjectRef>, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult {
-    Reader::new(iterable).into_ref(vm).into_pyobject(vm)
+struct ReaderOption {
+    delimiter: u8,
+    quotechar: u8,
+}
+
+impl ReaderOption {
+    fn new(args: PyFuncArgs, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<Self> {
+        let delimiter = {
+            let bytes = args
+                .get_optional_kwarg("delimiter")
+                .map_or(",".to_string(), |pyobj| objstr::get_value(&pyobj))
+                .into_bytes();
+
+            match bytes.len() {
+                1 => bytes[0],
+                _ => {
+                    let msg = r#""delimiter" must be a 1-character string"#;
+                    return Err(vm.new_type_error(msg.to_string()));
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        let quotechar = {
+            let bytes = args
+                .get_optional_kwarg("quotechar")
+                .map_or("\"".to_string(), |pyobj| objstr::get_value(&pyobj))
+                .into_bytes();
+
+            match bytes.len() {
+                1 => bytes[0],
+                _ => {
+                    let msg = r#""quotechar" must be a 1-character string"#;
+                    return Err(vm.new_type_error(msg.to_string()));
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        Ok(ReaderOption {
+            delimiter,
+            quotechar,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn build_reader(
+    iterable: PyIterable<PyObjectRef>,
+    args: PyFuncArgs,
+    vm: &VirtualMachine,
+) -> PyResult {
+    let config = ReaderOption::new(args, vm)?;
+
+    Reader::new(iterable, config).into_ref(vm).into_pyobject(vm)
 }
 
 fn into_strings(iterable: &PyIterable<PyObjectRef>, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<Vec<String>> {
@@ -46,17 +98,17 @@ type MemIO = std::io::Cursor<Vec<u8>>;
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 enum ReadState {
-    PyIter(PyIterable<PyObjectRef>),
+    PyIter(PyIterable<PyObjectRef>, ReaderOption),
     CsvIter(rust_csv::StringRecordsIntoIter<MemIO>),
 }
 
 impl ReadState {
-    fn new(iter: PyIterable) -> Self {
-        ReadState::PyIter(iter)
+    fn new(iter: PyIterable, config: ReaderOption) -> Self {
+        ReadState::PyIter(iter, config)
     }
 
     fn cast_to_reader(&mut self, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<()> {
-        if let ReadState::PyIter(ref iterable) = self {
+        if let ReadState::PyIter(ref iterable, ref config) = self {
             let lines = into_strings(iterable, vm)?;
             let contents = join(lines, "\n");
 
@@ -64,6 +116,8 @@ impl ReadState {
             let reader = MemIO::new(bytes);
 
             let csv_iter = rust_csv::ReaderBuilder::new()
+                .delimiter(config.delimiter)
+                .quote(config.quotechar)
                 .has_headers(false)
                 .from_reader(reader)
                 .into_records();
@@ -92,8 +146,8 @@ impl PyValue for Reader {
 }
 
 impl Reader {
-    fn new(iter: PyIterable<PyObjectRef>) -> Self {
-        let state = RefCell::new(ReadState::new(iter));
+    fn new(iter: PyIterable<PyObjectRef>, config: ReaderOption) -> Self {
+        let state = RefCell::new(ReadState::new(iter, config));
         Reader { state }
     }
 }
@@ -121,7 +175,7 @@ impl Reader {
                             .collect::<PyResult<Vec<_>>>()?;
                         Ok(vm.ctx.new_list(iter))
                     }
-                    Err(_) => {
+                    Err(_err) => {
                         let msg = String::from("Decode Error");
                         let decode_error = vm.new_unicode_decode_error(msg);
                         Err(decode_error)
@@ -136,9 +190,9 @@ impl Reader {
     }
 }
 
-fn csv_reader(fp: PyObjectRef, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult {
+fn csv_reader(fp: PyObjectRef, args: PyFuncArgs, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult {
     if let Ok(iterable) = PyIterable::<PyObjectRef>::try_from_object(vm, fp) {
-        build_reader(iterable, vm)
+        build_reader(iterable, args, vm)
     } else {
         Err(vm.new_type_error("argument 1 must be an iterator".to_string()))
     }
@@ -156,13 +210,13 @@ pub fn make_module(vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyObjectRef {
     );
 
     py_module!(vm, "_csv", {
-      "reader" => ctx.new_rustfunc(csv_reader),
-      "Reader" => reader_type,
-      "Error"  => error,
-      // constants
-      "QUOTE_MINIMAL" => ctx.new_int(QuoteStyle::QuoteMinimal as i32),
-      "QUOTE_ALL" => ctx.new_int(QuoteStyle::QuoteAll as i32),
-      "QUOTE_NONNUMERIC" => ctx.new_int(QuoteStyle::QuoteNonnumeric as i32),
-      "QUOTE_NONE" => ctx.new_int(QuoteStyle::QuoteNone as i32),
+        "reader" => ctx.new_rustfunc(csv_reader),
+        "Reader" => reader_type,
+        "Error"  => error,
+        // constants
+        "QUOTE_MINIMAL" => ctx.new_int(QuoteStyle::QuoteMinimal as i32),
+        "QUOTE_ALL" => ctx.new_int(QuoteStyle::QuoteAll as i32),
+        "QUOTE_NONNUMERIC" => ctx.new_int(QuoteStyle::QuoteNonnumeric as i32),
+        "QUOTE_NONE" => ctx.new_int(QuoteStyle::QuoteNone as i32),
     })
 }