diff --git a/rows/plugins/plugin_csv.py b/rows/plugins/plugin_csv.py
index a06b1571..1fb578d9 100644
--- a/rows/plugins/plugin_csv.py
+++ b/rows/plugins/plugin_csv.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def discover_dialect(sample, encoding):
 
 
 def import_from_csv(filename_or_fobj, encoding='utf-8', dialect=None,
-                    sample_size=8192, *args, **kwargs):
+                    sample_size=8192, fmtparams=None, *args, **kwargs):
     '''Import data from a CSV file
 
     If a file-like object is provided it MUST be in binary mode, like in
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ def import_from_csv(filename_or_fobj, encoding='utf-8', dialect=None,
         dialect = discover_dialect(fobj.read(sample_size), encoding)
         fobj.seek(cursor)
 
-    reader = unicodecsv.reader(fobj, encoding=encoding, dialect=dialect)
+    fmtparams = fmtparams or {}
+    reader = unicodecsv.reader(fobj, encoding=encoding, dialect=dialect, **fmtparams)
 
     meta = {'imported_from': 'csv',
             'filename': filename,
diff --git a/tests/tests_plugin_csv.py b/tests/tests_plugin_csv.py
index 9430f3be..cb60874e 100644
--- a/tests/tests_plugin_csv.py
+++ b/tests/tests_plugin_csv.py
@@ -112,6 +112,23 @@ def test_import_from_csv_force_dialect(self, mocked_create_table):
         call_args = mocked_create_table.call_args_list[0]
         self.assertEqual(data, list(call_args[0][0]))
 
+    @mock.patch('rows.plugins.plugin_csv.create_table', mock.Mock())
+    @mock.patch('rows.plugins.plugin_csv.unicodecsv')
+    @mock.patch('rows.plugins.plugin_csv.get_filename_and_fobj', mock.Mock(return_value=('f_name', 'f_obj')))
+    def test_import_from_csv_forcing_fmtparams(self, mocked_unicodecsv):
+        data, lines = make_csv_data(quote_char="'",
+                                    field_delimiter=";",
+                                    line_delimiter="\r\n")
+        fobj = BytesIO()
+        fobj.write(lines.encode('utf-8'))
+        fobj.seek(0)
+
+        rows.import_from_csv(fobj, dialect='excel', fmtparams={'delimiter': ';'})
+
+        mocked_unicodecsv.assert_called_once_with(
+            'f_obj', encoding='utf-8', dialect='excel', delimiter=';'
+        )
+
     def test_detect_dialect_more_data(self):
         temp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
         filename = '{}.{}'.format(temp.name, self.file_extension)