diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/langs/translation-en.json b/main/webapp/modules/core/langs/translation-en.json
index 07ce3d8b7..4569e724a 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/langs/translation-en.json
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/langs/translation-en.json
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@
         "tabs": "tabs (TSV)",
         "custom": "custom",
         "escape": "Escape special characters with \\",
-        "quotation-mark": "Quotation marks are used<br/>to enclose cells containing<br/>column separators",
+        "use-quote": "Use character",
+        "quote-delimits-cells": "to enclose cells containing column separators",
         "click-xml": "Click on the first XML element corresponding to the first record to load."
     },
     "core-dialogs": {
diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/parser-interfaces/separator-based-parser-ui.html b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/parser-interfaces/separator-based-parser-ui.html
index d615c83b2..1add776a3 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/parser-interfaces/separator-based-parser-ui.html
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/parser-interfaces/separator-based-parser-ui.html
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@
         <td><label for="$limit" id="or-import-load"></label></td>
         <td><input bind="limitInput" type="text" class="lightweight" size="2" value="0" />
           <label for="$limit" id="or-import-rows2"></label></td></tr>
+
+      <tr><td width="1%"><input type="checkbox" bind="processQuoteMarksCheckbox" id="$quotes" /></td>
+        <td><label for="$quotes" id="or-import-quote"></label></td>
+        <td><input bind="quoteCharacterInput" type="text" class="lightweight" maxlength="1" size="2" value="&quot;" id="$quoteCharacter" />
+          <label for="$quoteCharacter" id="or-import-quote-character"></label></td></tr>
+
     </table></div></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
@@ -54,9 +60,7 @@
     <td><div class="grid-layout layout-tightest"><table>
       <tr><td width="1%"><input type="checkbox" bind="guessCellValueTypesCheckbox" id="$guess" /></td>
         <td><label for="$guess" id="or-import-parseCell"></label></td></tr>
-      <tr><td width="1%"><input type="checkbox" bind="processQuoteMarksCheckbox" id="$quotes" /></td>
-        <td><label for="$quotes" id="or-import-quote"></label></td></tr>
-    </table></div></td>
+         </table></div></td>
     
     <td><div class="grid-layout layout-tightest"><table>
       <tr><td width="1%"><input type="checkbox" bind="storeBlankRowsCheckbox" id="$store-blank-rows" /></td>
@@ -69,4 +73,4 @@
         <td><label for="$include-file-sources" id="or-import-source"></label></td></tr>
     </table></div></td>
   </tr>
-</table></div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</table></div>
diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/parser-interfaces/separator-based-parser-ui.js b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/parser-interfaces/separator-based-parser-ui.js
index a8c1a6ea8..0cc8637ee 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/parser-interfaces/separator-based-parser-ui.js
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/index/parser-interfaces/separator-based-parser-ui.js
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ Refine.SeparatorBasedParserUI.prototype.getOptions = function() {
 
   options.guessCellValueTypes = this._optionContainerElmts.guessCellValueTypesCheckbox[0].checked;
   options.processQuotes = this._optionContainerElmts.processQuoteMarksCheckbox[0].checked;
+  if (options.processQuotes) {
+    options.quoteCharacter = this._optionContainerElmts.quoteCharacterInput[0].value;
+  }
 
   options.storeBlankCellsAsNulls = this._optionContainerElmts.storeBlankCellsAsNullsCheckbox[0].checked;
   options.includeFileSources = this._optionContainerElmts.includeFileSourcesCheckbox[0].checked;
@@ -143,7 +146,8 @@ Refine.SeparatorBasedParserUI.prototype._initialize = function() {
   $('#or-import-load').text($.i18n._('core-index-parser')["load-at-most"]);
   $('#or-import-rows2').text($.i18n._('core-index-parser')["rows-data"]);
   $('#or-import-parseCell').html($.i18n._('core-index-parser')["parse-cell"]);
-  $('#or-import-quote').html($.i18n._('core-index-parser')["quotation-mark"]);
+  $('#or-import-quote').html($.i18n._('core-index-parser')["use-quote"]);
+  $('#or-import-quote-character').html($.i18n._('core-index-parser')["quote-delimits-cells"]);
   $('#or-import-blank').text($.i18n._('core-index-parser')["store-blank"]);
   $('#or-import-null').text($.i18n._('core-index-parser')["store-nulls"]);
   $('#or-import-source').html($.i18n._('core-index-parser')["store-source"]);
@@ -187,6 +191,7 @@ Refine.SeparatorBasedParserUI.prototype._initialize = function() {
   }
   if (this._config.processQuotes) {
     this._optionContainerElmts.processQuoteMarksCheckbox.prop("checked", true);
+    this._optionContainerElmts.quoteCharacterInput[0].value = this._config.quoteCharacter;
   }
 
   if (this._config.storeBlankCellsAsNulls) {