diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JSONOptions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JSONOptions.scala
index 6ec634db780b2..caba243e02b36 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JSONOptions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JSONOptions.scala
@@ -85,35 +85,59 @@ private[sql] class JSONOptions(
 
   val multiLine = parameters.get("multiLine").map(_.toBoolean).getOrElse(false)
 
-  /**
-   * A sequence of bytes between two consecutive json records.
-   */
-  val lineSeparator: Option[String] = parameters.get("lineSep")
-
   /**
    * Standard charset name. For example UTF-8, UTF-16LE and UTF-32BE.
    * If the encoding is not specified (None), it will be detected automatically.
    */
   val encoding: Option[String] = parameters.get("encoding")
     .orElse(parameters.get("charset")).map { enc =>
-      val blacklist = List("UTF16", "UTF32")
-      val isBlacklisted = blacklist.contains(enc.toUpperCase.replaceAll("-|_", ""))
-      require(multiLine || !isBlacklisted,
-        s"""The ${enc} encoding must not be included in the blacklist:
-           | ${blacklist.mkString(", ")}""".stripMargin)
-
-      val forcingLineSep = !(multiLine == false && enc != "UTF-8" && lineSeparator.isEmpty)
-      require(forcingLineSep,
-        s"""The lineSep option must be specified for the $enc encoding.
-           |Example: .option("lineSep", "|^|")
-           |Note: lineSep can be detected automatically for UTF-8 only.""".stripMargin)
-      enc
+    val blacklist = List("UTF16", "UTF32")
+    val isBlacklisted = blacklist.contains(enc.toUpperCase.replaceAll("-|_", ""))
+    require(multiLine || !isBlacklisted,
+      s"""The ${enc} encoding must not be included in the blacklist:
+         | ${blacklist.mkString(", ")}""".stripMargin)
+
+    enc
   }
 
-  val lineSeparatorInRead: Option[Array[Byte]] = lineSeparator.map { lineSep =>
-    lineSep.getBytes(encoding.getOrElse("UTF-8"))
+  /**
+   * A sequence of bytes between two consecutive json objects.
+   * Format of the option is:
+   *   selector (1 char) + separator spec (any length) | sequence of chars
+   *
+   * Currently the following selectors are supported:
+   * - 'x' + sequence of bytes in hexadecimal format. For example: "x0a 0d".
+   *   Hex pairs can be separated by any chars different from 0-9,A-F,a-f
+   * - '\' - reserved for a sequence of control chars like "\r\n"
+   *         and unicode escape like "\u000D\u000A"
+   * - 'r' and '/' - reserved for future use
+   */
+  val lineSeparator: Option[Array[Byte]] = parameters.get("lineSep").collect {
+    case hexs if hexs.startsWith("x") =>
+      hexs.replaceAll("[^0-9A-Fa-f]", "").sliding(2, 2).toArray
+        .map(Integer.parseInt(_, 16).toByte)
+    case reserved if reserved.startsWith("r") || reserved.startsWith("/") =>
+      throw new NotImplementedError(s"The $reserved selector has not supported yet")
+    case "" => throw new IllegalArgumentException("lineSep cannot be empty string")
+    case lineSep => lineSep.getBytes(encoding.getOrElse("UTF-8"))
+  }.orElse {
+    val forcingLineSep = multiLine || encoding.isEmpty || encoding == Some("UTF-8")
+    require(forcingLineSep,
+      s"""The lineSep option must be specified for the ${encoding.get} encoding.
+         |Example: .option("lineSep", "|^|")
+         |Note: lineSep can be detected automatically for UTF-8 only.""".stripMargin)
+    None
   }
-  val lineSeparatorInWrite: String = lineSeparator.getOrElse("\n")
+
+  /**
+   * A sequence of bytes between two consecutive json objects used by JSON Reader to
+   * split input stream/text.
+   */
+  val lineSeparatorInRead: Option[Array[Byte]] = lineSeparator
+  /**
+   * JSON Writer puts the string between json objects in output stream/text.
+   */
+  val lineSeparatorInWrite: Option[Array[Byte]] = lineSeparator
 
   /** Sets config options on a Jackson [[JsonFactory]]. */
   def setJacksonOptions(factory: JsonFactory): Unit = {
@@ -128,7 +152,7 @@ private[sql] class JSONOptions(
   }
 
   def getTextOptions: Map[String, String] = {
-    Map[String, String]() ++
-      encoding.map("encoding" -> _) ++ lineSeparator.map("lineSep" -> _)
+    Map[String, String]() ++ encoding.map("encoding" -> _) ++
+      lineSeparator.map("lineSep" -> _.map("x%02x".format(_)).mkString)
   }
 }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JacksonGenerator.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JacksonGenerator.scala
index 9c413de752a8c..11073bb3343c1 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JacksonGenerator.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/JacksonGenerator.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.json
 
 import java.io.Writer
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+import java.nio.charset.Charset
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core._
 
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ private[sql] class JacksonGenerator(
 
   private val gen = new JsonFactory().createGenerator(writer).setRootValueSeparator(null)
 
-  private val lineSeparator: String = options.lineSeparatorInWrite
+  private val lineSeparator: String = {
+    new String(
+      options.lineSeparatorInWrite.getOrElse(Array(0x0A.toByte)),
+      Charset.forName(options.encoding.getOrElse("UTF-8"))
+    )
+  }
 
   private def makeWriter(dataType: DataType): ValueWriter = dataType match {
     case NullType =>
@@ -255,7 +260,6 @@ private[sql] class JacksonGenerator(
   }
 
   def writeLineEnding(): Unit = {
-    // Note that JSON uses writer with UTF-8 charset. This string will be written out as UTF-8.
     gen.writeRaw(lineSeparator)
   }
 }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/text/TextFileFormat.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/text/TextFileFormat.scala
index 9647f09867643..9e67abac7ec20 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/text/TextFileFormat.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/text/TextFileFormat.scala
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class TextFileFormat extends TextBasedFileFormat with DataSourceRegister {
           path: String,
           dataSchema: StructType,
           context: TaskAttemptContext): OutputWriter = {
-        new TextOutputWriter(path, dataSchema, textOptions.lineSeparatorInWrite, context)
+        new TextOutputWriter(path, dataSchema, textOptions, context)
       }
 
       override def getFileExtension(context: TaskAttemptContext): String = {
@@ -149,10 +149,12 @@ class TextFileFormat extends TextBasedFileFormat with DataSourceRegister {
 class TextOutputWriter(
     path: String,
     dataSchema: StructType,
-    lineSeparator: Array[Byte],
+    options: TextOptions,
     context: TaskAttemptContext)
   extends OutputWriter {
 
+  private val lineSeparator = options.lineSeparatorInWrite.getOrElse(Array(0x0A.toByte))
+
   private val writer = CodecStreams.createOutputStream(context, new Path(path))
 
   override def write(row: InternalRow): Unit = {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/text/TextOptions.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/text/TextOptions.scala
index 53b95f01c4613..83852123708e7 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/text/TextOptions.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/text/TextOptions.scala
@@ -43,16 +43,37 @@ private[text] class TextOptions(@transient private val parameters: CaseInsensiti
 
   val encoding: Option[String] = parameters.get(ENCODING)
 
-  val lineSeparator: Option[Array[Byte]] = parameters.get(LINE_SEPARATOR).map { lineSep =>
-    require(lineSep.nonEmpty, s"'$LINE_SEPARATOR' cannot be an empty string.")
-
-    lineSep.getBytes(encoding.getOrElse("UTF-8"))
+  /**
+   * A sequence of bytes between two consecutive lines in a text.
+   * Format of the option is:
+   *   selector (1 char) + separator spec (any length) | sequence of chars
+   *
+   * Currently the following selectors are supported:
+   * - 'x' + sequence of bytes in hexadecimal format. For example: "x0a 0d".
+   *   Hex pairs can be separated by any chars different from 0-9,A-F,a-f
+   * - '\' - reserved for a sequence of control chars like "\r\n"
+   *         and unicode escape like "\u000D\u000A"
+   * - 'r' and '/' - reserved for future use
+   */
+  val lineSeparator: Option[Array[Byte]] = parameters.get("lineSep").collect {
+    case hexs if hexs.startsWith("x") =>
+      hexs.replaceAll("[^0-9A-Fa-f]", "").sliding(2, 2).toArray
+        .map(Integer.parseInt(_, 16).toByte)
+    case reserved if reserved.startsWith("r") || reserved.startsWith("/") =>
+      throw new NotImplementedError(s"The $reserved selector has not supported yet")
+    case "" => throw new IllegalArgumentException("lineSep cannot be empty string")
+    case lineSep => lineSep.getBytes(encoding.getOrElse("UTF-8"))
   }
 
-  // Note that the option 'lineSep' uses a different default value in read and write.
+  /**
+   * A sequence of bytes between two consecutive lines used by Text Reader to
+   * split input stream/text.
+   */
   val lineSeparatorInRead: Option[Array[Byte]] = lineSeparator
-  val lineSeparatorInWrite: Array[Byte] =
-    lineSeparatorInRead.getOrElse("\n".getBytes("UTF-8"))
+  /**
+   * Text Writer puts the string between lines in output stream/text.
+   */
+  val lineSeparatorInWrite: Option[Array[Byte]] = lineSeparator
 }
 
 private[datasources] object TextOptions {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonSuite.scala
index 2b49279059aed..eb3803f17bfe9 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonSuite.scala
@@ -2140,6 +2140,7 @@ class JsonSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext with TestJsonData {
       .option("encoding", "UTF-16")
       .json(testFile(fileName))
 
+    val a = jsonDF.collect()
     checkAnswer(jsonDF, Seq(
       Row("Chris", "Baird"), Row("Doug", "Rood")
     ))
@@ -2349,7 +2350,9 @@ class JsonSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext with TestJsonData {
     ("\u000d\u000a", "encoding", "UTF-32BE", false),
     ("\u000a\u000d", "encoding", "UTF-8", true),
     ("===", "encoding", "US-ASCII", false),
-    ("$^+", "encoding", "utf-32le", true)
+    ("$^+", "encoding", "utf-32le", true),
+    ("x00 0a 00 0d", "encoding", "UTF-16BE", false),
+    ("x0a.00.00.00 0d.00.00.00", "encoding", "UTF-32LE", true)
   ).zipWithIndex.foreach{case ((d, o, c, s), i) => checkReadJson(d, o, c, s, i)}
   // scalastyle:on nonascii