diff --git a/polars/polars-io/src/csv/parser.rs b/polars/polars-io/src/csv/parser.rs
index 5e406a47f7d3..82714fed8bfd 100644
--- a/polars/polars-io/src/csv/parser.rs
+++ b/polars/polars-io/src/csv/parser.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub(crate) fn next_line_position(
         }
         debug_assert!(pos <= input.len());
         let new_input = unsafe { input.get_unchecked(pos..) };
-        let line = SplitLines::new(new_input, eol_char).next();
+        let line = SplitLines::new(new_input, quote_char.unwrap_or(b'"'), eol_char).next();
 
         match (line, expected_fields) {
             // count the fields, and determine if they are equal to what we expect from the schema
@@ -214,13 +214,15 @@ pub(crate) fn get_line_stats(
 /// For instance: "This is a valid field\nI have multiples lines" is a valid string field, that contains multiple lines.
 pub(crate) struct SplitLines<'a> {
     v: &'a [u8],
+    quote_char: u8,
     end_line_char: u8,
 }
 
 impl<'a> SplitLines<'a> {
-    pub(crate) fn new(slice: &'a [u8], end_line_char: u8) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new(slice: &'a [u8], quote_char: u8, end_line_char: u8) -> Self {
         Self {
             v: slice,
+            quote_char,
             end_line_char,
         }
     }
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for SplitLines<'a> {
                 Some(&c) => {
                     pos += 1;
 
-                    if c == b'"' {
+                    if c == self.quote_char {
                         // toggle between string field enclosure
                         //      if we encounter a starting '"' -> in_field = true;
                         //      if we encounter a closing '"' -> in_field = false;
@@ -641,9 +643,15 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn test_splitlines() {
         let input = "1,\"foo\n\"\n2,\"foo\n\"\n";
-        let mut lines = SplitLines::new(input.as_bytes(), b'\n');
+        let mut lines = SplitLines::new(input.as_bytes(), b'"', b'\n');
         assert_eq!(lines.next(), Some("1,\"foo\n\"".as_bytes()));
         assert_eq!(lines.next(), Some("2,\"foo\n\"".as_bytes()));
         assert_eq!(lines.next(), None);
+
+        let input2 = "1,'foo\n'\n2,'foo\n'\n";
+        let mut lines2 = SplitLines::new(input2.as_bytes(), b'\'', b'\n');
+        assert_eq!(lines2.next(), Some("1,'foo\n'".as_bytes()));
+        assert_eq!(lines2.next(), Some("2,'foo\n'".as_bytes()));
+        assert_eq!(lines2.next(), None);
     }
 }
diff --git a/polars/polars-io/src/csv/utils.rs b/polars/polars-io/src/csv/utils.rs
index d00d3046c26b..0f70f6735d8e 100644
--- a/polars/polars-io/src/csv/utils.rs
+++ b/polars/polars-io/src/csv/utils.rs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ pub fn infer_file_schema(
     if bytes.is_empty() {
         return Err(PolarsError::NoData("empty csv".into()));
     }
-    let mut lines = SplitLines::new(bytes, eol_char).skip(*skip_rows);
+    let mut lines = SplitLines::new(bytes, quote_char.unwrap_or(b'"'), eol_char).skip(*skip_rows);
     // it can be that we have a single line without eol char
     let has_eol = bytes.contains(&eol_char);
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ pub fn infer_file_schema(
     };
     if !has_header {
         // re-init lines so that the header is included in type inference.
-        lines = SplitLines::new(bytes, eol_char).skip(*skip_rows);
+        lines = SplitLines::new(bytes, quote_char.unwrap_or(b'"'), eol_char).skip(*skip_rows);
     }
 
     let header_length = headers.len();
diff --git a/polars/polars-io/src/ndjson_core/ndjson.rs b/polars/polars-io/src/ndjson_core/ndjson.rs
index 08bfe155e7d2..f35aa1fce89d 100644
--- a/polars/polars-io/src/ndjson_core/ndjson.rs
+++ b/polars/polars-io/src/ndjson_core/ndjson.rs
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ fn parse_lines<'a>(
 
     let total_bytes = bytes.len();
     let mut offset = 0;
-    for line in SplitLines::new(bytes, NEWLINE) {
+    for line in SplitLines::new(bytes, QUOTE_CHAR, NEWLINE) {
         offset += 1; // the newline
         offset += parse_impl(line, buffers, &mut buf)?;
     }
diff --git a/polars/tests/it/io/csv.rs b/polars/tests/it/io/csv.rs
index 32b9ea348901..18070227d01e 100644
--- a/polars/tests/it/io/csv.rs
+++ b/polars/tests/it/io/csv.rs
@@ -228,6 +228,23 @@ fn test_escape_double_quotes() {
     )));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_newline_in_custom_quote_char() {
+    // newline inside custom quote char (default is ") should parse correctly
+    let csv = r#"column_1,column_2
+        1,'foo
+        bar'
+        2,'bar'
+"#;
+
+    let file = Cursor::new(csv);
+    let df = CsvReader::new(file)
+        .with_quote_char(Some(b'\''))
+        .finish()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(df.shape(), (2, 2));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_escape_2() {
     // this is is harder than it looks.