diff --git a/bin/pt-archiver b/bin/pt-archiver
index f3beb732..fba27ad3 100755
--- a/bin/pt-archiver
+++ b/bin/pt-archiver
@@ -5893,6 +5893,8 @@ my $get_sth;
 my ( $OUT_OF_RETRIES, $ROLLED_BACK, $ALL_IS_WELL ) = ( 0, -1, 1 );
 my ( $src, $dst );
 my $pxc_version = '0';
+my $fields_separated_by = "\t";
+my $optionally_enclosed_by;
 
 # Holds the arguments for the $sth's bind variables, so it can be re-tried
 # easily.
@@ -6522,12 +6524,19 @@ sub main {
    
    # Open the file and print the header to it. 
    if ( $archive_file ) { 
+      if ($o->got('output-format') && $o->get('output-format') ne 'dump' && $o->get('output-format') ne 'csv') {
+          warn "Invalid output format:". $o->get('format');
+          warn "Using default 'dump' format";
+      } elsif ($o->get('output-format') || '' eq 'csv') {
+              $fields_separated_by = ", ";
+              $optionally_enclosed_by = '"';
+      }
       my $need_hdr = $o->get('header') && !-f $archive_file; 
       $archive_fh = IO::File->new($archive_file, ">>$charset") 
          or die "Cannot open $charset $archive_file: $OS_ERROR\n"; 
       $archive_fh->autoflush(1) unless $o->get('buffer'); 
       if ( $need_hdr ) { 
-         print { $archive_fh } '', escape(\@sel_cols), "\n" 
+         print { $archive_fh } '', escape(\@sel_cols, $fields_separated_by, $optionally_enclosed_by), "\n" 
             or die "Cannot write to $archive_file: $OS_ERROR\n"; 
       } 
    } 
@@ -6572,7 +6581,7 @@ sub main {
          # problem, hopefully the data has at least made it to the file.
          my $escaped_row;
          if ( $archive_fh || $bulkins_file ) {
-            $escaped_row = escape([@{$row}[@sel_slice]]);
+            $escaped_row = escape([@{$row}[@sel_slice]], $fields_separated_by, $optionally_enclosed_by);
          }
          if ( $archive_fh ) {
             trace('print_file', sub {
@@ -7032,11 +7041,12 @@ sub escape {
    my ($row, $fields_separated_by, $optionally_enclosed_by) = @_;
    $fields_separated_by ||= "\t";
    $optionally_enclosed_by ||= '';
-
+ 
    return join($fields_separated_by, map {
       s/([\t\n\\])/\\$1/g if defined $_;  # Escape tabs etc
       $_ = defined $_ ? $_ : '\N';             # NULL = \N
-      $_ =~ s/[^\\]"/\\"/g if $_ & ~$_ && $optionally_enclosed_by eq '"';
+      # var & ~var will return 0 only for numbers
+      $_ =~ s/([^\\])"/$1\\"/g if ($_ & ~$_ && $optionally_enclosed_by eq '"');
       $_ = $optionally_enclosed_by && $_ & ~$_ ? $optionally_enclosed_by."$_".$optionally_enclosed_by : $_;
    } @$row);
 
@@ -7660,6 +7670,17 @@ Runs OPTIMIZE TABLE after finishing.  See L<"--analyze"> for the option syntax
 and L<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/optimize-table.html> for details on OPTIMIZE
 TABLE.
 
+=item --output-format
+
+type: string
+
+Used with L<"--file"> to specify the output format.
+
+Valid formats are:
+  dump: MySQL dump format using tabs as field separator (default)
+  csv : Dump rows using ',' as separator and optionally enclosing fields by '"'.
+        This format is equivalent to FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'.
+
 =item --password
 
 short form: -p; type: string
diff --git a/t/pt-archiver/file.t b/t/pt-archiver/file.t
index 121ca890..310ed476 100644
--- a/t/pt-archiver/file.t
+++ b/t/pt-archiver/file.t
@@ -115,6 +115,25 @@ like(
    "..but an unknown charset fails"
 );
 
+local $SIG{__WARN__} = undef;
+
+$sb->load_file('master', 't/pt-archiver/samples/table2.sql');
+`rm -f archive.test.table_2`;
+$output = output(
+    sub { pt_archiver::main(qw(--where 1=1 --output-format=csv), "--source", "D=test,t=table_2,F=$cnf", "--file", 'archive.%D.%t') },
+);
+$output = `cat archive.test.table_2`;
+is($output, <<EOF
+1, 2, 3, "4"
+2, "\\N", 3, "4"
+3, 2, 3, "\\\t"
+4, 2, 3, "\\\n"
+5, 2, 3, "Zapp \\"Brannigan"
+EOF
+, '--output-format=csv');
+`rm -f archive.test.table_2`;
+
+
 # #############################################################################
 # Done.
 # #############################################################################
diff --git a/t/pt-archiver/samples/table2.sql b/t/pt-archiver/samples/table2.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f51b21f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/pt-archiver/samples/table2.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS test;
+use test;
+drop table if exists table_2;
+
+create table table_2(
+   a int not null primary key,
+   b int,
+   c int not null,
+   d varchar(50),
+   key(b)
+) engine=innodb;
+
+insert into table_2 values
+   (1, 2,    3, 4),
+   (2, null, 3, 4),
+   (3, 2,    3, "\t"),
+   (4, 2,    3, "\n"),
+   (5, 2,    3, "Zapp \"Brannigan");
+