diff --git a/sdks/java/io/csv/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/csv/providers/CsvWriteTransformProvider.java b/sdks/java/io/csv/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/csv/providers/CsvWriteTransformProvider.java
index 4e07a06197f57..f4d54c408cf44 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/csv/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/csv/providers/CsvWriteTransformProvider.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/csv/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/csv/providers/CsvWriteTransformProvider.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.WriteFilesResult;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.csv.CsvIO;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.AutoValueSchema;
@@ -88,8 +89,10 @@ public List<String> outputCollectionNames() {
   public abstract static class CsvWriteConfiguration {
 
     public void validate() {
+      checkArgument(!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(getPath()), "Path for a CSV Write must be specified.");
       checkArgument(
-          !Strings.isNullOrEmpty(this.getPath()), "Path for a CSV Write must be specified.");
+          getDelimiter() == null || getDelimiter().length() == 1,
+          "Only single-character delimiters supported, got '" + getDelimiter() + "'");
     }
 
     public static Builder builder() {
@@ -99,12 +102,17 @@ public static Builder builder() {
     @SchemaFieldDescription("The file path to write to.")
     public abstract String getPath();
 
+    @SchemaFieldDescription("The field delimiter to use when writing records. Defaults to a comma.")
+    public abstract @Nullable String getDelimiter();
+
     /** Builder for {@link CsvWriteConfiguration}. */
     @AutoValue.Builder
     public abstract static class Builder {
 
       public abstract Builder setPath(String path);
 
+      public abstract Builder setDelimiter(String delimiter);
+
       /** Builds a {@link CsvWriteConfiguration} instance. */
       public abstract CsvWriteConfiguration build();
     }
@@ -122,10 +130,14 @@ protected static class CsvWriteTransform extends SchemaTransform {
 
     @Override
     public PCollectionRowTuple expand(PCollectionRowTuple input) {
+      CSVFormat format = CSVFormat.DEFAULT;
+      if (configuration.getDelimiter() != null) {
+        format = format.withDelimiter(configuration.getDelimiter().charAt(0));
+      }
       WriteFilesResult<?> result =
           input
               .get(INPUT_ROWS_TAG)
-              .apply(CsvIO.writeRows(configuration.getPath(), CSVFormat.DEFAULT).withSuffix(""));
+              .apply(CsvIO.writeRows(configuration.getPath(), format).withSuffix(""));
       Schema outputSchema = Schema.of(Field.of("filename", FieldType.STRING));
       return PCollectionRowTuple.of(
           WRITE_RESULTS,
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/yaml/standard_io.yaml b/sdks/python/apache_beam/yaml/standard_io.yaml
index b617a4cbf285c..5d1598d2705c1 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/yaml/standard_io.yaml
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/yaml/standard_io.yaml
@@ -139,8 +139,11 @@
     mappings:
       'ReadFromCsv':
         path: 'path'
+        delimiter: 'delimiter'
+        comment: 'comment'
       'WriteToCsv':
         path: 'path'
+        delimiter: 'delimiter'
       'ReadFromJson':
         path: 'path'
       'WriteToJson':