diff --git a/src/yaml_tools/data/oscal.yaml b/src/yaml_tools/data/oscal.yaml
index d2acdfc..1e50539 100644
--- a/src/yaml_tools/data/oscal.yaml
+++ b/src/yaml_tools/data/oscal.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ default_control_attr: 'status'
 default_lookup_key: 'controls'
 default_csv_hdr: null
 new_csv_hdrs: []
+csv_delimiter: null
 input_format: null
 output_format: 'json'
 output_path: null
diff --git a/src/yaml_tools/utils.py b/src/yaml_tools/utils.py
index d490e6c..6e2624a 100644
--- a/src/yaml_tools/utils.py
+++ b/src/yaml_tools/utils.py
@@ -250,11 +250,12 @@ def text_data_writer(outdata, prog_opts):
     """
     out = ''
     csv_hdr = prog_opts['default_csv_hdr']
+    delim = prog_opts['csv_delimiter'] if prog_opts['csv_delimiter'] else ','
     fmt = prog_opts['output_format'] if prog_opts['output_format'] else 'raw'
 
     if fmt == 'csv' and isinstance(outdata, collections.abc.Sequence):
         field_names = csv_hdr if csv_hdr else list(outdata[0].keys())
-        w = csv.DictWriter(sys.stdout, field_names)
+        w = csv.DictWriter(sys.stdout, field_names, delimiter=delim)
         w.writeheader()
         w.writerows(outdata)
 
@@ -284,12 +285,13 @@ def text_file_reader(filepath, prog_opts):
     """
     data_in = {}
     infile = Path(filepath)
+    delim = prog_opts['csv_delimiter'] if prog_opts['csv_delimiter'] else ','
 
     if infile.suffix not in EXTENSIONS:
         raise FileTypeError("FileTypeError: unknown input file extension")
     with infile.open("r", encoding=prog_opts['file_encoding']) as file:
         if infile.suffix == '.csv':
-            data_in = list(csv.DictReader(file))
+            data_in = list(csv.DictReader(file, delimiter=delim))
         elif infile.suffix == '.json':
             data_in = json.load(file)
         elif infile.suffix in {'.yaml', '.yml'}:
diff --git a/tests/test_misc.py b/tests/test_misc.py
index 03959c9..70aaf0c 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc.py
+++ b/tests/test_misc.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 default_profile_glob: '*.yaml'
 default_csv_hdr: null
 new_csv_hdrs: []
+csv_delimiter: null
 input_format: null
 output_format: 'json'
 output_path: null
diff --git a/tests/test_oscal.py b/tests/test_oscal.py
index 0c0a7ae..f21c787 100644
--- a/tests/test_oscal.py
+++ b/tests/test_oscal.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 default_control_attr: 'status'
 default_csv_hdr: null
 new_csv_hdrs: ['OE expanded', 'Green ID']
+csv_delimiter: null
 input_format: null
 output_format: 'json'
 output_path: null
diff --git a/tests/test_yagrep.py b/tests/test_yagrep.py
index f3f922e..59aecae 100644
--- a/tests/test_yagrep.py
+++ b/tests/test_yagrep.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 default_separator: '/'
 input_format: null
 output_format: 'json'
+csv_delimiter: null
 default_csv_hdr: null
 preserve_quotes: true
 process_comments: false