diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py b/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
index 726de4a965418..1d2dd4d808930 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/readwriter.py
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ def csv(self, path, schema=None, sep=None, encoding=None, quote=None, escape=Non
             negativeInf=None, dateFormat=None, timestampFormat=None, maxColumns=None,
             maxCharsPerColumn=None, maxMalformedLogPerPartition=None, mode=None,
             columnNameOfCorruptRecord=None, multiLine=None, charToEscapeQuoteEscaping=None,
-            samplingRatio=None, enforceSchema=None, emptyValue=None, locale=None):
+            samplingRatio=None, enforceSchema=None, emptyValue=None, locale=None, lineSep=None):
         r"""Loads a CSV file and returns the result as a  :class:`DataFrame`.
 
         This function will go through the input once to determine the input schema if
@@ -453,6 +453,9 @@ def csv(self, path, schema=None, sep=None, encoding=None, quote=None, escape=Non
         :param locale: sets a locale as language tag in IETF BCP 47 format. If None is set,
                        it uses the default value, ``en-US``. For instance, ``locale`` is used while
                        parsing dates and timestamps.
+        :param lineSep: defines the line separator that should be used for parsing. If None is
+                        set, it covers all ``\\r``, ``\\r\\n`` and ``\\n``.
+                        Maximum length is 1 character.
 
         >>> df = spark.read.csv('python/test_support/sql/ages.csv')
         >>> df.dtypes
@@ -472,7 +475,7 @@ def csv(self, path, schema=None, sep=None, encoding=None, quote=None, escape=Non
             maxMalformedLogPerPartition=maxMalformedLogPerPartition, mode=mode,
             columnNameOfCorruptRecord=columnNameOfCorruptRecord, multiLine=multiLine,
             charToEscapeQuoteEscaping=charToEscapeQuoteEscaping, samplingRatio=samplingRatio,
-            enforceSchema=enforceSchema, emptyValue=emptyValue, locale=locale)
+            enforceSchema=enforceSchema, emptyValue=emptyValue, locale=locale, lineSep=lineSep)
         if isinstance(path, basestring):
             path = [path]
         if type(path) == list:
@@ -868,7 +871,7 @@ def text(self, path, compression=None, lineSep=None):
     def csv(self, path, mode=None, compression=None, sep=None, quote=None, escape=None,
             header=None, nullValue=None, escapeQuotes=None, quoteAll=None, dateFormat=None,
             timestampFormat=None, ignoreLeadingWhiteSpace=None, ignoreTrailingWhiteSpace=None,
-            charToEscapeQuoteEscaping=None, encoding=None, emptyValue=None):
+            charToEscapeQuoteEscaping=None, encoding=None, emptyValue=None, lineSep=None):
         r"""Saves the content of the :class:`DataFrame` in CSV format at the specified path.
 
         :param path: the path in any Hadoop supported file system
@@ -922,6 +925,8 @@ def csv(self, path, mode=None, compression=None, sep=None, quote=None, escape=No
                          the default UTF-8 charset will be used.
         :param emptyValue: sets the string representation of an empty value. If None is set, it uses
                            the default value, ``""``.
+        :param lineSep: defines the line separator that should be used for writing. If None is
+                        set, it uses the default value, ``\\n``. Maximum length is 1 character.
 
         >>> df.write.csv(os.path.join(tempfile.mkdtemp(), 'data'))
         """
@@ -932,7 +937,7 @@ def csv(self, path, mode=None, compression=None, sep=None, quote=None, escape=No
                        ignoreLeadingWhiteSpace=ignoreLeadingWhiteSpace,
                        ignoreTrailingWhiteSpace=ignoreTrailingWhiteSpace,
                        charToEscapeQuoteEscaping=charToEscapeQuoteEscaping,
-                       encoding=encoding, emptyValue=emptyValue)
+                       encoding=encoding, emptyValue=emptyValue, lineSep=lineSep)
         self._jwrite.csv(path)
 
     @since(1.5)
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py b/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py
index 58ca7b83e5b2b..d92b0d5677e25 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/streaming.py
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ def csv(self, path, schema=None, sep=None, encoding=None, quote=None, escape=Non
             negativeInf=None, dateFormat=None, timestampFormat=None, maxColumns=None,
             maxCharsPerColumn=None, maxMalformedLogPerPartition=None, mode=None,
             columnNameOfCorruptRecord=None, multiLine=None, charToEscapeQuoteEscaping=None,
-            enforceSchema=None, emptyValue=None, locale=None):
+            enforceSchema=None, emptyValue=None, locale=None, lineSep=None):
         r"""Loads a CSV file stream and returns the result as a :class:`DataFrame`.
 
         This function will go through the input once to determine the input schema if
@@ -675,6 +675,9 @@ def csv(self, path, schema=None, sep=None, encoding=None, quote=None, escape=Non
         :param locale: sets a locale as language tag in IETF BCP 47 format. If None is set,
                        it uses the default value, ``en-US``. For instance, ``locale`` is used while
                        parsing dates and timestamps.
+        :param lineSep: defines the line separator that should be used for parsing. If None is
+                        set, it covers all ``\\r``, ``\\r\\n`` and ``\\n``.
+                        Maximum length is 1 character.
 
         >>> csv_sdf = spark.readStream.csv(tempfile.mkdtemp(), schema = sdf_schema)
         >>> csv_sdf.isStreaming
@@ -692,7 +695,7 @@ def csv(self, path, schema=None, sep=None, encoding=None, quote=None, escape=Non
             maxMalformedLogPerPartition=maxMalformedLogPerPartition, mode=mode,
             columnNameOfCorruptRecord=columnNameOfCorruptRecord, multiLine=multiLine,
             charToEscapeQuoteEscaping=charToEscapeQuoteEscaping, enforceSchema=enforceSchema,
-            emptyValue=emptyValue, locale=locale)
+            emptyValue=emptyValue, locale=locale, lineSep=lineSep)
         if isinstance(path, basestring):
             return self._df(self._jreader.csv(path))
         else:
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala
index 6bb50b42a369c..94bdb72d675d4 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala
@@ -192,6 +192,20 @@ class CSVOptions(
    */
   val emptyValueInWrite = emptyValue.getOrElse("\"\"")
 
+  /**
+   * A string between two consecutive JSON records.
+   */
+  val lineSeparator: Option[String] = parameters.get("lineSep").map { sep =>
+    require(sep.nonEmpty, "'lineSep' cannot be an empty string.")
+    require(sep.length == 1, "'lineSep' can contain only 1 character.")
+    sep
+  }
+
+  val lineSeparatorInRead: Option[Array[Byte]] = lineSeparator.map { lineSep =>
+    lineSep.getBytes(charset)
+  }
+  val lineSeparatorInWrite: Option[String] = lineSeparator
+
   def asWriterSettings: CsvWriterSettings = {
     val writerSettings = new CsvWriterSettings()
     val format = writerSettings.getFormat
@@ -200,6 +214,8 @@ class CSVOptions(
     format.setQuoteEscape(escape)
     charToEscapeQuoteEscaping.foreach(format.setCharToEscapeQuoteEscaping)
     format.setComment(comment)
+    lineSeparatorInWrite.foreach(format.setLineSeparator)
+
     writerSettings.setIgnoreLeadingWhitespaces(ignoreLeadingWhiteSpaceFlagInWrite)
     writerSettings.setIgnoreTrailingWhitespaces(ignoreTrailingWhiteSpaceFlagInWrite)
     writerSettings.setNullValue(nullValue)
@@ -216,8 +232,10 @@ class CSVOptions(
     format.setDelimiter(delimiter)
     format.setQuote(quote)
     format.setQuoteEscape(escape)
+    lineSeparator.foreach(format.setLineSeparator)
     charToEscapeQuoteEscaping.foreach(format.setCharToEscapeQuoteEscaping)
     format.setComment(comment)
+
     settings.setIgnoreLeadingWhitespaces(ignoreLeadingWhiteSpaceInRead)
     settings.setIgnoreTrailingWhitespaces(ignoreTrailingWhiteSpaceInRead)
     settings.setReadInputOnSeparateThread(false)
@@ -227,7 +245,10 @@ class CSVOptions(
     settings.setEmptyValue(emptyValueInRead)
     settings.setMaxCharsPerColumn(maxCharsPerColumn)
     settings.setUnescapedQuoteHandling(UnescapedQuoteHandling.STOP_AT_DELIMITER)
-    settings.setLineSeparatorDetectionEnabled(multiLine == true)
+    settings.setLineSeparatorDetectionEnabled(lineSeparatorInRead.isEmpty && multiLine)
+    lineSeparatorInRead.foreach { _ =>
+      settings.setNormalizeLineEndingsWithinQuotes(!multiLine)
+    }
 
     settings
   }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameReader.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameReader.scala
index f08fd64acd9a1..da88598eed061 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameReader.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameReader.scala
@@ -609,6 +609,8 @@ class DataFrameReader private[sql](sparkSession: SparkSession) extends Logging {
    * <li>`multiLine` (default `false`): parse one record, which may span multiple lines.</li>
    * <li>`locale` (default is `en-US`): sets a locale as language tag in IETF BCP 47 format.
    * For instance, this is used while parsing dates and timestamps.</li>
+   * <li>`lineSep` (default covers all `\r`, `\r\n` and `\n`): defines the line separator
+   * that should be used for parsing. Maximum length is 1 character.</li>
    * </ul>
    *
    * @since 2.0.0
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
index 29d479f542115..5a807d3d4b93e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
@@ -658,6 +658,8 @@ final class DataFrameWriter[T] private[sql](ds: Dataset[T]) {
    * whitespaces from values being written should be skipped.</li>
    * <li>`ignoreTrailingWhiteSpace` (default `true`): a flag indicating defines whether or not
    * trailing whitespaces from values being written should be skipped.</li>
+   * <li>`lineSep` (default `\n`): defines the line separator that should be used for writing.
+   * Maximum length is 1 character.</li>
    * </ul>
    *
    * @since 2.0.0
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVDataSource.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVDataSource.scala
index 554baaf1a9b3b..b35b8851918b1 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVDataSource.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVDataSource.scala
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ object TextInputCSVDataSource extends CSVDataSource {
       headerChecker: CSVHeaderChecker,
       requiredSchema: StructType): Iterator[InternalRow] = {
     val lines = {
-      val linesReader = new HadoopFileLinesReader(file, conf)
+      val linesReader = new HadoopFileLinesReader(file, parser.options.lineSeparatorInRead, conf)
       Option(TaskContext.get()).foreach(_.addTaskCompletionListener[Unit](_ => linesReader.close()))
       linesReader.map { line =>
         new String(line.getBytes, 0, line.getLength, parser.options.charset)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamReader.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamReader.scala
index e4250145a1ae2..c8e3e1c191044 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamReader.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamReader.scala
@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ final class DataStreamReader private[sql](sparkSession: SparkSession) extends Lo
    * <li>`multiLine` (default `false`): parse one record, which may span multiple lines.</li>
    * <li>`locale` (default is `en-US`): sets a locale as language tag in IETF BCP 47 format.
    * For instance, this is used while parsing dates and timestamps.</li>
+   * <li>`lineSep` (default covers all `\r`, `\r\n` and `\n`): defines the line separator
+   * that should be used for parsing. Maximum length is 1 character.</li>
    * </ul>
    *
    * @since 2.0.0
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
index e29cd2aa7c4e6..c275d63d32cc8 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.csv
 
 import java.io.File
-import java.nio.charset.{Charset, UnsupportedCharsetException}
+import java.nio.charset.{Charset, StandardCharsets, UnsupportedCharsetException}
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.sql.{Date, Timestamp}
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec
 import org.apache.log4j.{AppenderSkeleton, LogManager}
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent
 
-import org.apache.spark.SparkException
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkException, TestUtils}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{AnalysisException, DataFrame, QueryTest, Row}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
@@ -1880,4 +1880,110 @@ class CSVSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext with SQLTestUtils with Te
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("""Support line separator - default value \r, \r\n and \n""") {
+    val data = "\"a\",1\r\"c\",2\r\n\"d\",3\n"
+
+    withTempPath { path =>
+      Files.write(path.toPath, data.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+      val df = spark.read.option("inferSchema", true).csv(path.getAbsolutePath)
+      val expectedSchema =
+        StructType(StructField("_c0", StringType) :: StructField("_c1", IntegerType) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(df, Seq(("a", 1), ("c", 2), ("d", 3)).toDF())
+      assert(df.schema === expectedSchema)
+    }
+  }
+
+  def testLineSeparator(lineSep: String, encoding: String, inferSchema: Boolean, id: Int): Unit = {
+    test(s"Support line separator in ${encoding} #${id}") {
+      // Read
+      val data =
+        s""""a",1$lineSep
+           |c,2$lineSep"
+           |d",3""".stripMargin
+      val dataWithTrailingLineSep = s"$data$lineSep"
+
+      Seq(data, dataWithTrailingLineSep).foreach { lines =>
+        withTempPath { path =>
+          Files.write(path.toPath, lines.getBytes(encoding))
+          val schema = StructType(StructField("_c0", StringType)
+            :: StructField("_c1", LongType) :: Nil)
+
+          val expected = Seq(("a", 1), ("\nc", 2), ("\nd", 3))
+            .toDF("_c0", "_c1")
+          Seq(false, true).foreach { multiLine =>
+            val reader = spark
+              .read
+              .option("lineSep", lineSep)
+              .option("multiLine", multiLine)
+              .option("encoding", encoding)
+            val df = if (inferSchema) {
+              reader.option("inferSchema", true).csv(path.getAbsolutePath)
+            } else {
+              reader.schema(schema).csv(path.getAbsolutePath)
+            }
+            checkAnswer(df, expected)
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Write
+      withTempPath { path =>
+        Seq("a", "b", "c").toDF("value").coalesce(1)
+          .write
+          .option("lineSep", lineSep)
+          .option("encoding", encoding)
+          .csv(path.getAbsolutePath)
+        val partFile = TestUtils.recursiveList(path).filter(f => f.getName.startsWith("part-")).head
+        val readBack = new String(Files.readAllBytes(partFile.toPath), encoding)
+        assert(
+          readBack === s"a${lineSep}b${lineSep}c${lineSep}")
+      }
+
+      // Roundtrip
+      withTempPath { path =>
+        val df = Seq("a", "b", "c").toDF()
+        df.write
+          .option("lineSep", lineSep)
+          .option("encoding", encoding)
+          .csv(path.getAbsolutePath)
+        val readBack = spark
+          .read
+          .option("lineSep", lineSep)
+          .option("encoding", encoding)
+          .csv(path.getAbsolutePath)
+        checkAnswer(df, readBack)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // scalastyle:off nonascii
+  List(
+    (0, "|", "UTF-8", false),
+    (1, "^", "UTF-16BE", true),
+    (2, ":", "ISO-8859-1", true),
+    (3, "!", "UTF-32LE", false),
+    (4, 0x1E.toChar.toString, "UTF-8", true),
+    (5, "아", "UTF-32BE", false),
+    (6, "у", "CP1251", true),
+    (8, "\r", "UTF-16LE", true),
+    (9, "\u000d", "UTF-32BE", false),
+    (10, "=", "US-ASCII", false),
+    (11, "$", "utf-32le", true)
+  ).foreach { case (testNum, sep, encoding, inferSchema) =>
+    testLineSeparator(sep, encoding, inferSchema, testNum)
+  }
+  // scalastyle:on nonascii
+
+  test("lineSep restrictions") {
+    val errMsg1 = intercept[IllegalArgumentException] {
+      spark.read.option("lineSep", "").csv(testFile(carsFile)).collect
+    }.getMessage
+    assert(errMsg1.contains("'lineSep' cannot be an empty string"))
+
+    val errMsg2 = intercept[IllegalArgumentException] {
+      spark.read.option("lineSep", "123").csv(testFile(carsFile)).collect
+    }.getMessage
+    assert(errMsg2.contains("'lineSep' can contain only 1 character"))
+  }
 }